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" If any there be which are desirous to be strangers in 
their own soile, and forrainers in their own citie, they 
may so continue, and therein flatter themselves. For 
such like I have not written these lines, nor taken these 
paines." 



•' Out of the olde fields, as men saithe, 

Cometh all this newe corn from yere to yere j 
And out of olde bookes, in good faithe, 
Cometh all this science that man lere." 



BEIEF SKETCHES 

OF 

THE PAEISHES 

OF 

IN THE COUNTY OF DUBLIN ; 
Wt| $ofcs grtr %vadt. 



THE EEV. BEAVEE H. BLACKEE, M.A., 

INCUMBENT OF BOOTERSTOWN, AND RURAL DEAN. 



11 Attamen audendum est, et Veritas investiganda, quam si non 
omnino assequeremur, tamen propius ad earn, quam nunc sumus, 
tandem perveniemus.' 1 



"SPARSA COEGV 



DUBLIN : 
GEORGE HERBERT, 117, GRAFTON-STREET. 

LONDON : SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, AND CO. 



18 74. 



DUBLIN : 
PRINTED BY GEORGE DROUGHT, 

6, Bachelor's-walk. 









COZLTTZEiLTTS- 






Page 


Preface 


iii. 


Parish op Booterstown . 


7 


Booterstown Parish Church 


7 


Parish of Donnybrook . 


. 10 


Donnybrook Parish Church 


. 10 


Sandymount Church . 


. 15 


Irishtown Church 


. 20 


APPEITDIX I. 




Notes — 




Consecration of Booterstown Church 


. 25 


Grant of the Site ..... 


. 25 


The Archdeaconry of Dublin . . • 


. 26 


Formation of Booterstown Parish 


. 27 


Cost of building Booterstown Church 


. 28 


James Digges La Touche, Esq., and Hi 


chard 


Yerschoyle, Esq. . 


. 29 


The Rev. Robert H. Nixon 


. 30 


The Rev. Anthony Sillery 


. 31 


Bounds of Booterstown Parish . . . 


. 32 


Population of Booterstown Parish • 


. 34 


Donnybrook Church . . . . 


. 35 


Symond's-court Tower . 


. 35 


The Dodder 


. 36 


Donnybrook ...... 


. 36 


The old Church of Donnybrook 


. 36 


Sir Edward Lovet Pearce • 


. 37 



Vi CONTENTS. 




Page 


Bartholomew Mosse, M.D. 


. 38 


The Right Hon. John Radcliff, LL.D. 


. 38 


Bishop Clayton, and Richard Graves, D.D., Dear 


L 


ofArdagh 


39 


Donny brook Parish Registers . 


41 


Archbishops King and Magee . 


41 


Sandford 


42 


The Duke of Wellington 


42 


The Hospital for Incurables, Donnybrook . 


43 


Donnybrook Fair ..... 


44 


Bounds of Donnybrook Parish .... 


48 


Population of Donnybrook Parish 


50 


Oliver, Earl of Tyrconnel . . . 


51 


Tombstone in Merrion Graveyard 


, 52 


Derivation of " Ringsend " 


53 


The Pigeon-house and the Light-house 


54 


King James's Visit to Ringsend 


56 


Ringsend Cars ..... 


57 


Monuments in Irishtown Church . . 


58 


Annals of the Parishes, 1st Series ♦ 


59 


Archdeacons of Dublin, 1580-1864 . 


99 


Incumbents of Booterstown, 1824-1873 # 


100 


Incumbent of Donnybrook, 1858-1864 


101 


Chaplain of St. John's, Sandymount, 1850-1864 


101 


Chaplains of St. Matthew's, Ringsend (Irishtown 




Church), 1723-1869 


101 


Churchwardens of Booterstown, 1821-1859 


101 


Churchwardens of Donnybrook, 1825-1859 


103 


^.^^EisriDix: ii. 




Preface 


105 


Notes — 




Fitzwilliam Family 


108 


The Half-Barony of Rathdown . . 


114 


Donnybrook Church , 


119 



CONTENTS. 


vii 




Page 


Derivation of " Donnybrook " . 


• 


120 


Downes Family 


. 


122 


Donny brook Graveyard . 


► 


124 


Donnybrook Parish Registers 


. 


138 


Donny brook Fair 


. 


129 


Royal Chapel of St. Matthew, Ringsend 


. 


146 


Yarranton's Survey of Ringsend, 1674 


. 


148 


St. Matthew's Churchyard 


. 


152 


Annals of the Parishes, 2nd Series 


• 


158 


.A-IFIPEIfcTIDIX: III. 




Preface 


213 


Notes — ' 




The Derivation of " Booterstown " 


217 


Booterstown Church . 


221 


Booterstown Parish Registers . 


223 


Population of Booterstown Parish, 1861 . 


224 


The Archdeaconry of Dublin . * 


226 


Lady Arabella Denny . . , . * 


231 


James Digges La Touche, Esq. , 


237 


The Right Hon. James Fitzgerald 


241 


Lord Herbert of Lea t 


243 


Field-Marshal Viscount Gough 


247 


The Blackrock Township, and Blackrock . 


253 


The Geology of Booterstown and Donnybrook . 


259 


Population of Donnybrook Parish, 1861 . 


268 


Donnybrook Parish Registers .... 


269 


Extracts from the Donnybrook Parish Registers 


271 


Donnybrook Graveyard 


288 


The Pembroke Townshio, St. Bartholomew's 




Church, and Bagotrath Castle . 


309 


Fitzwilliam Family 


314 


John Fitzgibbon, Earl of Clare .... 


317 


William, Lord Downes 


319 


Robert Perceval, M.D 


323 



Vlll CONTENTS. 



Page 
The Hibernian Nursery, Ringsend . • ,330 
The Grand Canal Docks, Ringsend . . .332 
The Dublin and Kingstown Railway . . 333 

Sir Bernard De Gomme's Survey of the Harbour 

of Dublin, 1673 335 

St. Matthew's Churchyard .... 341 
The Dodder ....... 356 

Simmon's-court 361 

Archbishop King and Archdeacon Dougatt . 363 
The Archdeacons of Dublin, 1180-1580, 1864-1873 370 

Donny brook Fair 375 

The Hospital for Incurables, Donnybrook . .380 
Population of Booterstown and Donnybrook 
Parishes, 1871 396 

Annals of the Parishes, 3rd Series . .398 
Rectors of Donnybrook, 1864-1873 . . .480 
Chaplain of St. John's, Sandymount, 1864-1873 480 
Chaplain of St. Matthew's, Ringsend . . 480 
Incumbent of St. Matthew's, Irishtown . „ 480 
Churchwardens of Booterstown, 1860-1873 . 480 
Churchwardens of Donnybrook, 1639-1854, 
1860-1873 481 

Postscript 486 



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OF THE 

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IN 

THE COUNTY OF DUBLIN; 

WITH 

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BY THE 

REV. BEAVER H. BLACKER, A.M., 

Incumbent oj Buo?erst.own. 



" Attamen audendum est, et Veritas investiganda, quam si non omnino a 
quercniur, tamen propnus ad earn, quam nunc sunius, tandem perveniemus.' 



DUBLIN : 
GEORGE HERBERT, 117, GRAFTON -STREET. 

LONDON: BELL AND DALDY, 186, FLEET-STHEET. 
18 6 0. 



DUBLIN : 
PHINTEP BY GEORGE DROUGHT, 

6, Baohelox's-wulk. 



PBEFACE. 



The substance of these Brief Sketches of 
the four churches in the parishes of Booters- 
town and Donnybrook lately appeared in 
the Christian Examiner, under the title of 
" Sketches of Suburban Churches " (Nos. L- 
IV.) ; and having been carefully revised and 
enlarged by the writer, they are now pro- 
duced in a permanent form. A view of 
Booterstown Church (from the Cross-avenue) 
is prefixed ; but, as it does not convey an 
exact idea of the adjacent grounds, as they are 
at present, it is right to mention that many 
improvements have been effected since the 
copperplate was engraved ; and particularly, 
that the Right Honourable Sidney Herbert, 
M.P., in the year 1854, added considerably 



IV PREFACE. 



to the grounds, and made a new and 
handsome approach from Mount Merrion- 
avenue. A view of the church on an enlarged 
scale, with descriptive particulars, has likewise 
appeared in the Church of England Magazine, 
vol. xlvi. p. 361 (London, 1859). 

The writer is indebted for several interest- 
ing particulars to the long-continued labours 
of Mr. Y? Alton, who, in his " History of the 
County of Dublin," " Memoirs of the Arch- 
bishops of Dublin/' and many other well- 
known works, has collected together a vast 
amount of useful information. Some of his 
statements, however, are not a little tinged 
with prejudice (e.g. in his account of the 
late Archbishop Magee, whose advancement 
to almost the highest ecclesiastical dignity in 
Ireland was justified, in the general opinion, 
by the eminent service he had performed in 
vindicating the doctrines of his Church, but 
who has been held up to public view as a 
flagrant instance of " arrogant and uncharita- 



PREFACE. 



ble bigotry") ; while other statements, perhaps 
from the want of proper answers to his in- 
quiries, are incorrect, and consequently leave 
him exposed to critical objections. Thus (to 
take an instance near home), he states in his 
" History of the County of Dublin," p. 861, 
that " the Incumbent [of Booterstown] has 
also a glebe-house and glebe " — which unfor- 
tunately is not the case. 

A long and intimate connexion with Don- 
nybrook has enabled the writer to give many 
particulars of that parish ; and having spared 
neither time nor trouble, he hopes that he will 
not be found to be very inaccurate in any of 
his statements. Being indebted to some kind 
friends for assistance, he takes this oppor- 
tunity of acknowledging his obligations. 



ROKEBY, BlACKROCK, DUBLIN. 

1st December, 1859. 



" &ll onls for to imolisi) Elaine, 

3Tgtne uast, t$me present ootfj; 

Cljat tctne to come, mag toell retatne, 

Of eacf) flooU t$me, tfje trotf)." 

— Thomas Churchyard. 



PAEISH OF BOOTEBSTOWN. 



INCUMBENT. 
KEY. BEAVER HENRY BLACKER, A.M. 



This church, dedicated to St. Philip and St. James, 
and beautifully situated in the vicinity of Dublin, 
was consecrated and opened for Divine service on 
Sunday, 16th May, 1824, by the late Dr. Magee, 
Archbishop of the diocese (a) ; the site (with the 
sum of £1,000) having been given by George 
Augustus Earl of Pembroke (b). The parish, which 
is a portion of the corps of the archdeaconry of 
Dublin (c), had been formed out of the parish of 
Donnybrook in the year 1821 (d) ; and the patron- 
age is vested in the Archdeacon. The structure, 
which was designed by Joseph Welland, Esq., and 
completed at the cost of nearly £5,000 (V), is 
handsome, in the later English style, with a square 
embattled tower with crocketed pinnacles at the 
angles, and surnioimted by a lofty spire ; the walls 

(a) Notes applicable to the reference-marks will be found in 
the Appendix. 



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are strengthened with buttresses terminating in 
pinnacles, and crowned with an embattled parapet. 
In the interior, which accommodates about 500, 
there are monuments to James Digges La Touche 
(the early and devoted friend of Sunday Schools in 
Ireland) and Eichard Verschoyle, Esqrs. (/) ; and 
also one to the Eev. E. H. Nixon (g), with this 
appropriate inscription : — 

"Erected by the parishioners of Booterstown, to the 
memory of the Rev. Robert Herbert Nixon, A.M., who died 
on the 22nd of January, 1857, in the 75th year of his age, 
having been for 24 years Incumbent of this parish. Humble 
in his deportment, affectionate and impressive in his teaching, 
and uncompromising in his testimony to the truth, he strik- 
ingly exemplified the mild and attractive graces of the Gos- 
pel. ' Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from 
henceforth : Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from 
their labours ; and their works do follow them. 7 — Rev. xiv. 
13." 

The Eev. James Bulwer was the first Incumbent 

of the parish ; and Eobert Alexander, of Seamonnt 

(now St. Helen's, the seat of Lord Viscount Gough), 

and James Digges La Touche, of Sans Souci, Esqrs., 

the first Churchwardens. The Eev. Anthony Sil- 

leiy, A.M. (" distinguished for singleness of mind, 

genuine piety, unostentatious benevolence, and deep 

learning," and subsequently well known for his great 

exertions in behalf of the Waldenses), succeeded 

Mr. Bulwer in 1825 ; and during his incumbency, 



THE PARISH OF BOOTEESTOWN. 9 

which lasted until 1832 (when he effected an ex- 
change with Mr. Nixon, who held the chaplaincy of 
Dr. Steevens' Hospital, Dublin), he established the 
Sunday and Daily Schools, and some of the other 
existing parochial institutions. The inhabitants are 
to this day reaping the fruits of his untiring exer- 
tions in the cause of God. (h) 

The parish of Booterstown (termed Ballybotter, 
Ballyboother, Butterstown, and Boterstone in sun- 
dry old documents) comprises the villages of Boo- 
terstown and Williamstown, and a small part of the 
town of Blackrock, with an area of 541 acres ( i) ; 
and forms a very nourishing portion of the large 
Irish estates of the Bight Hon. Sidney Herbert, 
M.P., who some years since erected and endowed 
the neighbouring Church of St. John the Evangel- 
ist. The district is on the road from Dublin to 
Kingstown and Bray, and on the southern coast of 
the bay of Dublin, the shores of which here assume 
a highly interesting and picturesque appearance. 
The population, according to the census taken in 
1851, amounted to 3,512 (j) ; of whom about 
1,800 (the number varying considerably in summer 
and winter) are members of the United Church of 
Endand and Ireland. 



PAEISH OE DONNYBBOOK. 



INCUMBENT, 
REV. FREDERICK FITZGERALD, A.M. 



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This church, dedicated to St. Mary, is a handsome 
building, in the early style of English architecture, 
with a vaulted roof and lancet-formed windows. (1c) 
It was erected in the year 1827, after a design of 
John Semple, Esq., at Simmon's- court (likewise 
known as Symond's-court and Smot's-court) (T), 
close to the river Dodder (ra), and about midway 
between the adjacent villages of Donnybrook (in 
former days termed Dovenachbroc and Dona- 
brok) (n) and BalPs-bridge, by means of a loan of 
£4,153 16s. lid., from the late Board of First 
Fruits. The tower was surmounted by a well-pro- 
portioned spire, which was so much damaged by 
the dreadful storm in January, 1839, that it was 
soon after taken down ; and it has not as yet been 
rebuilt. There is accommodation for about 500 



THE PARISH OF DONNYBROOK. 11 

worshippers ; the attendance, as in all suburban 
churches, being larger in the summer than in the 
winter months. 

The old church, situated in the village from 
which the parish derives its name, and for many 
years surrounded by a highly respectable and thriv- 
ing population, was small and inconvenient : the 
materials of it were sold and removed shortly after 
the opening of the present church ; and of the 
monuments in the interior, not one was rescued 
from destruction! (o) The graveyard is still in 
use, and contains the dust of many distinguished 
individuals, being " rich," according to Archdeacon 
Cotton, " in buried ecclesiastics." Of the laity we 
may specify sundry members of the Fitzwilliam 
family (now represented by the Eight Hon. Sidney 
Herbert) ; Sir Edward Lovet Pearce, " a celebrated 
architect, and the builder of the Irish Parliament- 
house of his day" [ob. 1733] (ji) ; Bartholomew 
Mosse, M.D., founder of the Dublin Lying-in Hos- 
pital [ob. 1759] (q) ; and the Rfc. Hon. John Rad- 
cliff, LL.D., Judge of the Prerogative Court [ob. 
1843] (r) ; and of the clergy, Archbishop King [ob. 
1729], Bishop Clayton [ob. 1758], and Dean 
Graves, Regius Professor of Divinity [ob. 1829]. 
Tombstones, with particulars (which will soon, we 
hope, be regularly placed on record, in compliance 



12 BRIEF SKETCHES OF 

with the notice of the Society of Antiquaries of Lon- 
don), cover the remains of Bishop Clayton and Dean 
Graves (<?). Nothing, however, marks the grave 
of Archbishop King, who, whether we regard him 
as a prelate, a scholar, or a man of genius, is en- 
titled to a place in the foremost rank of eminent 
Irishmen; and in the Register of Burials (t) 
merely this concise entry appears : — 

"Buried, Archbishop King, May 10th, 1729.' («) 

Within the limits of the parish, and close to 
Sandford (v), is a truly valuable and interesting 
institution — the Hospital for Incurables. " The 
establishment of hospitals for the relief of the poor 
is, perhaps, one of the most judicious efforts of the 
human mind. It is to alleviate at once the two 
most afflicting incidents of human life, and to disarm 
of their severity the associated evils of poverty and 
distemper. But there is yet a stage of wretched- 
ness beyond the scope of ordinary hospitals. The 
unhappy object may be afflicted with a distemper 
which no medical aid can eradicate, and he then no 
longer finds an asylum." It is well known that Lord 
Mornington, father of the late Duke of Welling- 
ton (w), was the first to interest himself, with 
effect, for this sorely afflicted class of our fellow- 
creatures ; and that he conceived the happy idea of 



THE PARISH OF DONNYBROOK. 13 

converting his musical talents into a sonrce of 
charity, and of appealing to public benevolence 
through the medium of his favourite science. The 
Hospital for Incurables was opened in Fleet-street, 
Dublin, in 1743, and was soon after transferred 
to Townsend-street, and thence, in 1792, to its 
present healthful situation. Deriving a very in- 
adequate annual grant from the public funds, it 
well deserves, and stands much in need of, Chris- 
tian sympathy and support (x). 

Any notice of the parish would certainly be in- 
complete without a reference to Donnybrook Fair (y). 
Happily, indeed, through the exertions of some 
philanthropic individuals the patent has been pur- 
chased within the last few years for £3,000, and 
though there still is a very large concourse of the 
lower classes at the usual time in the neighbour- 
hood, and a lamentable amount of dissipation, the 
Fair has been abolished. And was there not 
good reason for its abolition ? Notwithstanding 
ingenious and unholy attempts, on the part of 
humourists and ballad- writers, to palliate it by the 
play of wit and the drollery of fantastic description, 
" it was for generations a perfect prodigy of moral 
horrors, a concentration of disgrace upon, not Ireland 
alone, but civilized Europe." A foreigner, Prince 
Piickler Muskau, who looked at the saturnalia, said. 



\ 



14 BRIEF SKETCHES OF 

" A third part of the public lay, or rather rolled 
about, drunk ; others ate, screamed, shouted, and 
fought." And a graphic anonymous writer, after 
instancing the various descriptions of low buffoonery, 
outrageous indecency, and uproarious rioting, re- 
marks : — " Amidst what is considered by some as 
mere merriment and mirth, we venture to say there 
is more misery and madness, devilment and de- 
bauchery, than could be found crowded into an 
equal space of ground in any other part of this oar 
globe, or in any other part of Ireland, during five 
times the same space which is spent at Donnybrook, 
in one given year ; and, be it remembered, the scenes 
here described are those which take place during the 
light of day ; the orgies of the night, when every 
species of dissipation and profligacy is practised 
without restraint, may be better imagined than 
described." Thanks to the public authorities, the 
nuisance had of late years considerably abated ; but, 
nevertheless, there still remained far more than 
enough to give the locality an unenviable notoriety 
over the face of the globe. 

The parish of Donnybrook, with an area of 
1687 acres, but yielding an inadequate income to the 
Incumbent, forms a large portion of the corps of the 
archdeaconry of Dublin, and has lately been consti- 
tuted a perpetual curacy, the patronage being vested 



THE PARISH OF D0NNYBR00K. 15 

in the Archdeacon. Lying on the south-east side of 
the city, it embraces the villages of Donnybrook, 
Clonskeagh, Ball's-bridge, Rmgsend, Irishtown, San- 
dyniount, and Merrion. It has a good sprinkling of 
mansions and villas ; and presents, over much of its 
area, a medium character between town and 
country (V). The population, according to the 
census taken in 1851, amounted to 11,178 (aa), of 
whom the great majority of the upper classes, and 
a large proportion of the lower, are members of the 
United Church of England and Ireland. 

There are many interesting particulars connected 
with Sandyniount, Merrion, Eingsend, and Irish- 
town, which we shall reserve for the Sketches of 
the new Church of St. John the Evangelist, Sandy- 
mount, and the old Eoyal Chapel of St. Matthew, 
Ringsend. 



^itbgmomtf CIjmxlL 



CHAPLAIN. 
REV. WILLIAM DE BURGH, D.D. 



This church, dedicated to St. John the Evangelist, 
is in the parish of Donnybrook, close to the sea- 
shore, and midway between the villages of Sandy- 



16 BRIEF SKETCHES OF 

mount and Merrion ; and is a specimen of the Anglo- 
Norman style of architecture, which has likewise been 
designated the Romanesque, the predominance of ho- 
rizontal lines marking its classical origin. Having 
been erected and endowed at the sole expense of 
the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, to whom almost 
the entire district belongs, it was opened for Divine 
service on Sunday, 24th March, 1850, by license 
from the Archbishop of the diocese, who preached 
on the occasion, and with whom the nomination to 
the chaplaincy rested. It was subsequently con- 
secrated by his Grace, the necessary arrangements 
respecting the grant of the ground not having been 
completed in the first instance ; and standing alone, 
forms a conspicuous object from the Dublin and 
Wicklow railway. 

In this building, which accommodates about 500, 
and of which the Rev. William de Burgh, D.D., is 
the first Chaplain, may be seen many of the dis- 
tinctive characteristics of the Anglo-Norman style ; 
and as buildings like it are by no means common in 
Ireland, we think it well to give, in the words of a 
friend, a brief description of its principal features. 

The semicircular arches channelled with chevron 
and other mouldings — the strong, massive, circular 
piers or pillars — the doorways deeply recessed, and 
composed of a succession of receding arches, more 



THE PARISH OF D0NNYBR00K. 17 

or less enriched in the soffits and faces, with diffe- 
rent sculptured mouldings — these are distinctive 
characteristics of the period. The walls are of great 
thickness, and composed of external facings of cut 
stone, imported from Caen, the space between 
being filled with pointed rubble masonry. The 
narrow, oblong, and semicircular windows are only 
ornamented externally by a single shaft, and a suc- 
cession of carved mouldings ; and, from the small 
size of the apertures, and then- distance from each 
other, they impart an appearance of solidity to the 
structure. The turret, or pinnacle (the summit of 
which is reached by a winding stone staircase), is 
placed at the north-west angle, and consists of a 
cylindrical shaft with a conical capping, pierced 
by narrow windows. The tower, which is entered 
from the turret, is short and massive, with a pyra- 
midical stone roof with overhanging eaves, on the 
four angles of which are sculptured symbolical 
figures, representing serpents and chimeras. The 
buttresses, alternating with the windows, resemble 
flat pilasters, being a mass of masonry, with a broad 
surface slightly projecting from the walls. The in- 
terior, which is of beautiful workmanship, consists 
of a nave and side aisles, terminating with a semi- 
circular apse, which forms the chancel, with stained- 
glass windows. The roof is open, and of wood ; 

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18 BRIEF SKETCHES OF 

and the pulpit, which is placed at the south side of 
the nave, below the steps to the chancel, is of Caen 
stone, and elaborately carved, the reading-desk 
being in the opposite angle. In the nave are eight 
plain massive pillars of the same stone, with chisel- 
led capitals, supporting the same number of arches, 
decorated with chevron, or zig-zag, and other 
mouldings ; and the seats, which are so arranged as 
to form three aisles — a centre and two sides — are 
open benches, facing the chancel, and furnished 
with stools for kneeling forward. The more objec- 
tionable carvings were removed previous to the 
consecration of the building, in compliance with the 
strongly-expressed opinion of the Archbishop. 

Sandymount, according to the " Parliamentary 
Gazetteer of Ireland " (1846) " was at one time a 
poor place ; but it became much improved, acquired 
many good houses, and boasted the presence, in 
summer, of numerous sea-bathing families from a 
distance ; yet, while still possessed of much elegance, 
and in all respects very superior as a village to its 
neighbours— Irishtown, Eingsend, Ball's-bridge, and 
Donnybrook — it is far from being unqualifiedly re- 
spectable or pleasant." Various improvements have 
of late years been effected upon an extensive scale ; 
and the locality, furnished with many new and large 
dwelling-houses, and frequented throughout the year 



THE PARISH OF DONNYBROOK. 19 

by a respectable population, is unquestionably a 
thriving and agreeable suburb. 

Merrion, formerly spelt Meryon, or Meryonge (as, 
for example, in the inscription on the " handsome 
tomb of black marble " of Oliver Fitzwilliam, Earl 
of Tyrconnel, which was " in the chapel of the fa- 
mily's foundation in Donnybrooke-Church ") (bb), 
is in the south-east quarter of the parish, and almost 
adjoins Booterstown, a very narrow portion of the 
parish of Taney (otherwise Tawney, or Tacheny) 
intervening. Here are several mansions and villas, 
and the first station of the Dublin and Wicklow 
railway ; and here likewise an old graveyard, in 
which interments still take place ; but when it was 
consecrated, and by whom, remains a mystery. There 
is in it, among other tombstones, one of some inte- 
rest, erected by order of the Earl of Harrington, 
Commander of the Forces in Ireland, to the memory 
of a large number of soldiers, chiefly volunteers from 
the South Mayo Militia into the 18th regiment of the 
Line, who were lost on the night of the 19th of No- 
vember, 1807 (when the Prince of Wales packet was 
wrecked at Dunleary, and the Rochdale transport at 
Blackrock), and whose bodies, having been washed 
on the neighbouring shore, were buried in this 
place (cc). 

According to the census taken in 1851, the 



20 BRIEF SKETCHES OF 

population of Sandymount (included in the general 
return of the parish) amounted to 1,419, with an 
area of 243 acres; and that of Merrion to 725, with 
an area of 197 acres. The number of inhabitants 
is now much larger, the majority of them being 
members of the United Church of England and Ire- 
land. 



IrhjyfjDfoit Cjmrdj, 



CHAPLAIN. 
KEY. RICHARD HENRY WALL, D.D. 



This church, properly designated " The Royal 
Chapel of St. Matthew, Ringsend," but more gene- 
rally known by the name we have prefixed, is a 
royal donative chapelry, situated in the parish of 
Donnybrook, without cure of souls, but subject 
to episcopal jurisdiction. It was erected in the 
reign of Queen Anne (but at what cost, and from 
what funds, is unknown), for the revenue officers 
and other inhabitants of Ringsend, who were " not 
only distant from Donabroke, their parish church, 
but prevented from resorting thither by tides and 



THE PARISH OF DONNYBROOK. 21 

waters overflowing the highway." Certainly it 
cannot be commended for architectural beauty, 
neither outwardly nor inwardly, its most prominent 
feature being an unsightly square tower ; it, how- 
ever, accommodates about 500 (the Protestant sol- 
diers from Beggarsbush Barracks attending), and is 
in a quarter where a church is much required ; and 
it is kept in very good repair by the Board of Public 
Works. The income of the Chaplain and other 
expenses are defrayed by an annual Parliamentary 
grant. In November, 1854, the present Chaplain 
kindly complied with the request of the clergymen 
of the Parish Church ; and, accordingly, Divine 
service has been conducted by them in both 
churches every Sunday evening. 

Rings end, according to O'Halloran, was origi- 
nally called Binn-Aim, signifying " the point of the 
tide," from its situation by the sea-side, at the 
confluence of the Dodder with the Lifiey (del). Like 
many other writers, Lord Biayney, in his scarce 
volume, entitled " Sequel to a Narrative" (1816), 
has given a very unfavourable report of its condi- 
tion. " On approaching the town [Dublin] you 
pass through a vile, filthy, and disgraceful-looking 
village, called Ringsend. This village [from which 
a mole, called the South-wall, and 17,754 feet in 
length, extends to the Pigeon-house and the Light- 



22 BRIEF SKETCHES OF 

house (ee), and which was for a long period the chief 
landing and embarking place of Dublin] must make 
a deep impression on a stranger, certainly giving all 
the force and all the charm of interest to the 
grandeur and appearance of the interior of the 
town." And, according to the " Parliamentary 
Gazetteer of Ireland" (1846), it is a " dingy, dirty, 
disagreeable place ; and jointly with Irishtown, 
forms one of the most befilthified skirts of the city." 
Nevertheless, as a few facts out of many will 
suffice to prove, it is a locality of some little 
note in Irish histoiy. In November, 1646, the. 
Parliamentary forces landed at Ringsend ; and 
in August, 1649, Oliver Cromwell, Lord Lieu- 
tenant of Ireland, with a formidable array of 
men and all the necessaries of war. In 1670, 
John Lord Berkeley, Baron of Stratton, Lord 
Lieutenant, landed here. In April, 1690, King 
James II. (as Story graphically describes the scene 
in his " Impartial History of the Wars of Ireland," 
p. 58), visited the village (ff). In December, 
1691, when De Ginckel was departing for England, 
the Lords Justices, and most of the nobility and 
gentry in and about Dublin, accompanied him to 
Ringsend, where he went on board the Monmouth 
yacht, and sailed next morning for England. And 
in 1709, Thomas Earl of Wharton, Lord Lieute- 



THE PARISH OF DONNYBROOK. 23 

nant, landed here. In fact, from an early to a recent 
date, Kingsend was necessarily visited by almost all 
who crossed the channel between England and the 
Irish metropolis ; and, therefore, its name frequently 
appears in connexion with different personages and 
events. Though it may have been much better in 
former days (when it was a celebrated bathing re- 
sort of the citizens, and afforded, for their accom- 
modation, the public vehicles known as " Kings- 
end cars ") (gg), it was undoubtedly, in our recollec- 
tion, a very wretched-looking place, and it still is 
open to serious objection ; but, owing to the well- 
directed plans of its wealthy proprietor, it presents 
a greatly-improved appearance within the last few 
years, and promises to become a more respectable 
and pleasing suburb. 

Only a few hundred yards to the south of Eings- 
end lies the village of Irishtown, in which, as before 
stated, we find the Eoyal Chapel of St. Matthew, 
Ringsend. In the building there are not any 
monuments of much note (hh) ; while in the grave- 
yard are interred, amongst many others, the Rev. 
John Borough, first minister of "this royal chapel " 
[ob. 1726] ; Sir James Foulis, Bart., of Colinton, 
KB. [ob. 1821] ; and Mr. John Macnamara, for- 
merly of Coolnahella, in the county of Clare, and 
latterly of Sandymount, whose well-known collec- 



24 BRIEF SKETCHES, ETC. 

tion of Irish MSS. was dispersed on his death in 
1822. A reference to Brooking's curious " Map of 
the City and Suburbs of Dublin, and also the Arch- 
bishop and Earl of Meath's Liberties, with the 
bounds of each Parish" (1728), will show the 
great changes that have taken place in the neigh- 
bourhood during the last century. Irishtown and 
its church are represented in the map as almost 
surrounded by the sea, from which no small extent 
of ground has been since reclaimed ; and the 
desolate appearance of the country along the south- 
east side of the bay of Dublin, now so very thickly 
inhabited, is particularly striking. As a village, 
Irishtown is superior to Ringsend, and is steadily 
improving under Mr. Herbert's care ; and from its 
proximity to Dublin and the sea, it is much fre- 
quented by strangers during the summer months. 

According to the census taken in 1851, the popu- 
lation of Eingsend (included in the general return 
of the parish) amounted to 2,064, with an area of 
54 acres ; and that of Irishtown to 1,244, with an 
area of 57 acres. There are more Protestants of 
the lower classes (for the most part of English 
origin) in Ringsend than in any other quarter of the 
parish. 



APPENDIX. 



Note (a), p. 7. 

Consecration of Booterstown Church. — The follow- 
ing is an extract from the Act of Consecration :-^ 

" We also consecrate the said church to the honor of God 
and holy uses by the name of the Parish Church of Booters- 
town, or the Church of Saint Philip and Saint James, Booters- 
town. And We do pronounce, decree, and declare, that the 
same hath been, and is, so consecrated, and that it ought so 
to remain to future times, openly and publickly reserving 
nevertheless unto Us and our successors, Archbishops of Dub- 
lin and Bishops of Glandelagh, a power of visiting the said 
church when We shall think it our office so to do, in order 
that We may see whether the same be taken care of in its 
repairs and ornaments, and whether all things be observed 
therein canonically and orderly ; but as to all the rest of the 
premises, We, by these presents, do decree and confirm the 
same, as much as in Us lies, and by law We can, for Us and 
our successors, Archbishops of Dublin and Bishops of Glan- 
delagh. In testimony whereof We have caused our archie- 
piscopal seal to be hereunto affixed the sixteenth day of May, 
in the year of our Lord One Thousand, Eight Hundred, and 
Twenty-four. 

"W. Dublin." 

The Ven. John Torrens, A.M. (afterwards D.D.), Arch- 
deacon of Dublin, was the preacher. 

Note (b), p. 7. 

Grant of the Site. — The following is an extract from 
the Deed of Conveyance of Ground by the late George Au- 



26 APPENDIX. 



gustvis Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery, dated 29 th June, 
1821:— 

" Provided always that this present grant and conveyance 
is made upon the express conditions, that a church for the 
celebration of Divine worship according to the rites and 
ceremonies of the Established Protestant religion, and to be 
deemed and considered the chapel or church of the said new 
parish, district, or cure of Booterstown aforesaid, be erected 
upon said piece of land with all convenient speed ; and also 
that no part of said ground shall at any time be connected to, 
or used for the purpose of, a cemetery, or place of burial, 
within the walls of said church when erected, or without the 
same ; and also that in case it shall happen at any time here- 
after that the said piece or parcel of ground, and the build- 
ings thereon erected, shall be used for any other than the 
purpose hereby declared and intended as aforesaid, then upon 
any of the said events this present grant and conveyance 
shall become, and be considered absolutely null and void to 
all intents and purposes whatsoever." 

As already stated, Mr. Herbert has since made a consider- 
able addition to the church-grounds, "with a new and hand- 
some approach from Mount Merrion-avenue. A large num- 
ber of wretched habitations, which were neither an ornament 
nor a benefit to the neighbourhood, disappeared about the 
same time from this locality. 



Note (c), V- 7 - 

The Archdeaconry of Dublin. — For some particulars 
of the archdeaconry of Dublin, see Monck Mason's " History 
of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin," p. 44 ; and Erck's 
" Irish Ecclesiastical Register" (1830), p. 83. Archdeacon 
Cotton gives in his " Fasti Ecclesise Hibernicse," Vol. II., 
pp. 127-132, the succession of the Archdeacons of Dublin, 
from the year 1180. 



Note (d), p. 7. 

Formation of Booterstown Parish. — The following 
is an extract from the Deed : — 

" Whereas the Reverend John Torrens, Archdeacon of Dub- 
lin, the Curate or Incumbent of said parish of Donnybrook, 
hath consented by writing or instrument under his hand and 
seal at the foot of these presents, that the several lands par- 
ticularly set out and described in the map or survey annexed 
to these presents, and situate in said parish of Donnybrook, 
be separated pursuant to said Act from the remaining part of 
said parish of Donnybrook, and annexed to the aforesaid 
church of Booterstown, and erected into a new parish, dis- 
tinct from the said parish of Donnybrook, and which new 
parish shall be called and known by the name of the Parish 
of Booterstown, We, the Most Reverend Father in God, John 
George, by Divine Providence Archbishop of Dublin, Primate 
and Metropolitan of Ireland, and Bishop of Glandelagh, in 
whose diocese the said parish lies, have pursuant to the power 
and authority to Us in this behalf given, with the consent of 
the said Incumbent, agreed, directed, ordered, consented, and 
ascertained, and do by these presents agree, declare, direct, 
order, consent, and ascertain, that the said several lands par- 
ticularly described and set forth in a map annexed to these 
presents, that is to say, All That and Those the townlands 
of Booterstown, situate in the county and diocese of Dublin 
aforesaid, containing 289a. 2r. 27p. [Irish], be the same 
more or less (meared and bounded as follows, that is to say, 
on the north by lands in the possession of Thomas Thorpe 
Franks, Esq., the representatives of the late Judge Fox, and 
Mr. Alford ; on the east by the sea ; on the south partly by 
the Blackrock, and partly by lands in the possession of the 
Right Hon. William Saurin, John Verschoyle, and John 
O'Neill, Esquires ; and on the west by the high-road leading 
from Stillorgan to Dublin), be and are hereby for ever sepa- 
rated, pursuant to said recited Act, from the remaining part 
of said parish of Donnybrook, and annexed to said church of 
Booterstown ; and We do accordingly erect the same into a 
new parish or cure, to be called and known by the name of 
the Parish of Booterstown ; and that the said parish of Boo- 
terstown is, and shall be, and continue from henceforth, a se- 
parate and distinct parish from the said parish of Donnybrook. 



28 APPENDIX. 



And We do constitute, appoint, and declare that the said 
church and district of Booterstown is, and from henceforth 
shall be, and continue for ever, a perpetual cure within the 
meaning of the said Act ; and that the curate of said church 
and his successors, when and as duly nominated and licensed, 
is, and do, and shall be perpetual curates from henceforth for 
ever of the said church or new parish, and capable of receiv- 
ing endowments from all persons and bodies politic and cor- 
porate, agreeably to said recited Act and the laws now in 
being." 

It may be well to observe, that by an improvident arrange- 
ment of long standing the Incumbent of the adjoining parish 
of Monkstown receives the tithe rent-cliarge of Booterstown, 
though there never has been any connexion between the 
parishes. Accordingly, when Booterstown was separated 
from Donnybrook, it was found necessary to provide an in- 
come for the new Incumbent from some other source ; and 
with Lord Pembroke's £1,000, and other money in hand, 
ground-rents in College-street and Fleet-street, Dublin, were 
purchased in 1821 from the Commissioners of Wide Streets 
for the sum of £1,333 6s. 8d., in the names of Robert Alex- 
ander and James Digges La Touche, Esquires, as detailed in 
the Deed of Endowment. These rents, amounting to £80 
Irish per annum, form (with one or two small additions from 
other sources) the income of the incumbency of Booterstown. 

JSkte (e) 9 p. 7. 

Cost of building Booterstown Church.— Amongst 
many other documents belonging to the parish, there is one 
relative to the cost of building the church, &c, with this 
note by Mr. Sillery : — 

" The following document was found amongst the papers 
left by the late James Digges La Touche respecting the build- 
ing of the church, and is worth preserving, being the only 
document which I could find, that conveys an account of the 
expense attending the building, &c." 



NOTES. 29 



Mr. Sillery, in his care of parochial documents, has set a 
good example to many of his brethren in the ministry. 

As stated in the " Fourth Report on Ecclesiastical Re- 
venue and Patronage, Ireland" (1837), p. 19, the cost was 
"£4,615 7s. 8Jd., British; whereof £3,230 15s. 4§d. was 
granted as gift, and £461 10s. 9Jd. as loan, by the late 
Board of First Fruits, and the residue of £923 Is. 6Jd. 
was raised by private subscriptions. Of the loan aforesaid, 
there remained £332 6s. Id. chargeable on the parish in 
1832, repayable by annual instalments of £18 9s. 2d." 

Note 0, P- 8. 

James Digges La Touche, Esq — The following inscrip- 
tion is on his jponument : — 

" Sacred to the memory of James Digges La Touche, Esq., 
of Sans Souci, in this parish. ' To him to live was Christ, 
and to die was gain.' Gifted with great and rare endow- 
ments, he dedicated them all to the service of God. In his 
public life, fervent zeal for the advancement of religion was 
regulated by the humility of a heavenly wisdom, and consis- 
tency of life, with all Christian graces, adorned and illustrated 
the power of his faith. His was the charity that i beareth, 
believeth, hopeth ;' while jealousy for the honour of God, and 
love to the souls of men, made him faithful to admonish. To 
the Sunday School Society for Ireland, of which he was gra- 
tuitous Secretary and Guardian for eighteen years, he devoted 
much of his heart, his time, his talents ; and with holy joy 
he beheld it spreading its transforming power over this his 
beloved country. In the domestic circle he was the source, 
the life, the centre of an elevating and spiritual influence. In 
early youth he entered the service of a holy Master, and found 
in that service during his maturer years the felicity of per- 
fect freedom. In the prime of life, aged thirty-eight, his 
work was done ; and when his soul was required by the 
Lord, he knew the voice of the Good Shepherd, and was ' not 
afraid.' He entered into glory, Dec. 13th, 1826. 'Blessed 
are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth : Yea, 
saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours ; and 
their works do follow them.' " 



30 APPENDIX. 



For particulars of his character, see a " Sermon preached 
in Booterstown Church, on Sunday, December 17, 1826, 
noticing the lamented death of James Digges La Touche, 
Esq.," by the Rev. A. Sillery. (Dublin, 1827.) 

Richard Verschoyle, Esq. — The following inscription 
is on his monument : — 

" Sacred to the memory of Richard Verschoyle, of Mount 
Merrion, who departed this life on the 27th of August, 1827, 
at Brighton, where, at his own desire, his mortal remains are 
deposited in a vault in the Parish Church. His unexampled 
fortitude at the awful moment of being summoned into eter- 
nity proved the feelings of a truly religious confidence in the 
mercy of his Creator. As a sincere and steady friend possess- 
ing a mind richly stored with intellectual knowledge, he died 
universally lamented by an extended circle of acquaintance, 
and has left a blank in society, as a social and esteemed com- 
panion, not easily to be filled up. This tribute of attachment 
is erected by his afflicted widow in memory of the best of 
husbands, whose many virtues must ever live in her heart, 
and who looks forward in the hope of again meeting him in 
a place of everlasting bliss." 

Note (g), p. 8. 

The Rev. R. H. Nixon — " On Thursday morning, the 
22nd of January, the Rev. Robert Herbert Nixon entered 
into rest, in the seventy- fifth year of his age. He has not 
left his surviving friends without that sense of comfort which 
springs from a true believer's course on earth ; and confident 
may they be, ' in sure and certain hope of the Resurrection 
to eternal life through our Lord Jesus Christ,' that he is en- 
joying the blessed consummation of the prayer so beautifully 
expressed in Cowper's hymn : — 



1 Oil ! for a closer walk with God, 
A calm and heavenly frame ; 
A light to shine upon the road 
That leads me to the Lamb 1' 



NOTES. 31 

Long will he be remembered in connexion with many a 
Christian effort. And though he be now removed far beyond 
the reach of human praise, yet the principle from which these 
efforts sprang — the spirit of charity, evidenced by these works 
of love, has passed with him through the grave ; and, puri- 
fied from the alloy of human infirmities, it shall beautify his 
immortal nature, and shine forth with new splendour in the 
realms of glory. And (as one who knew him intimately has 
observed) ( when our minds revert to his Christian character 
and kindly feelings, be it ours to walk by the same rule — to 
imitate those features, in which he so strikingly exemplified 
the mild and attractive graces of the Gospel. Let our wishes 
for ourselves be moderate, as were his ; our motives simple, 
our kindness unfeigned, our hopes in heaven ; let us love as 
brethren ; and the God of love and peace shall be with us. 
In the flesh we shall see his face no more. But may this se- 
paration be succeeded by a joyful welcome in the world of 
spirits — the welcome of that glorious day when the redeemed 
shall meet together before the throne of Jesus.' " — From the 
Nineteenth Annual Report of the Booterstown and Blaclcrock 
Missionary Association, 

In the Church of England Magazine, Vol. XLIL, p. 207, 
may be found a sketch of " The Veteran," by an old friend, 
the Rev. Denis Kelly, Minister of Trinity Church, Gough- 
square, London. Mr. Nixon's remains were deposited in a 
family-vault in Mount Jerome Cemetery. 

Note (h), p. 9. 

The Rev. Anthony Sillery — In the Christian Exami- 
ner (jNos.for December, 1851, and February and July, 1852) 
there is an interesting biographical sketch of this exemplary 
servant of God, by one " who knew him the longest and 
the most intimately," and who thus speaks of his appoint- 
ment to Booterstown : — 

" He had now obtained the great object of his desires — the 



32 APPENDIX. 



cure of souls in the Established Church ; and he entered on 
his duties with earnest and devoted zeal. The circumstances 
of this parish were such as peculiarly suited his taste. It 
was in the country, yet so close to the city as to give him all 
the advantages of a town life. A church had just been erected 
in it at a cost of nearly £5,000, which for elegance of struc- 
ture (though small J far surpassed anything of the kind in the 
vicinity of Dublin. The parish was beautifully situated on 
the bay of Dublin, and contained numerous villas, where fa- 
milies of distinction resided, amongst whom he could enjoy 
refined and intellectual society ; and it had a large number 
of poor inhabitants to keep in exercise his active benevolence. 
Some of the parishioners were men of piety and Christian 
zeal, ready to unite with him in everything useful. Of these 
one may be named, the late James Digges La Touche, of Sans 
Souci, well known for his talents and piety ; and whose valu- 
able efforts, especially in the cause of Sunday Schools, won 
for him universal admiration and esteem. ... He en- 
tered on the duties of this parish with all his heart. He 
brought its then existing institutions to perfection ; he es- 
tablished others. He was loved and respected by the rich, 
and became the idol of the poor. To this day, though he 
was there only seven years, and his connexion with it ceased 
nineteen years ago, the recollection of him is cherished with 
a freshness of affection truly surprising. His name is pro- 
nounced with a blessing by the poor man, and his example 
appealed to as a pattern for all imitation." 

Over his remains in Mount Jerome Cemetery, near the 
centre of the grounds, is a neat and appropriate tombstone, 
with the following inscription : — 

" Sacred to the memory of the Rev. A. Sillery, who died 
March 4, 1851, aged sixty- three. He was distinguished for 
singleness of mind, genuine piety, unostentatious benevolence, 
and deep learning." 



Note (i), p. 9. 

Bounds of Booterstown Parish. — Within the bounds 
of this parish (partly in the barony of Dublin, but chiefly 
in the half-barony of Eathdown), which are well defined in 



NOTES. • 33 

the Ordnance Survey, the following, with other avenues, are 
comprised: — Black rock- road, from Trimleston, Merrion, to 
Hogan's - lane, Blackrock; George's- avenue (one side); 
Avoca-avenue (one side) ; Grove-avenue ; Mount Merrion- 
avenue ; Waltham- terrace ; Sydney-avenue ; Cross-avenue ; 
Southhill-- avenue ; Stillorgan-rdad, from Mount Merrion to 
Seafield ; Booterstown-avenue ; Gardiner's-row ; Williams- 
town- avenue ; and Castledawson- avenue. Carysfort Church, 
Blackrock (formerly called the Blackstone), is in the parish 
of Monkstown, only a few yards beyond the bounds of the 
parish of Booterstown. 

Amongst the principal residences are — St. Helen's, of Gen. 
Lord Viscount Gough ; Sans Souci, of Surgeon O'Reilly ; Col- 
legnes, of Mrs. D'Olier ; Rosemount, of Hugh O'Callaghan, 
Esq. ; Cherbury, of Charles Meara, Esq. ; Temora, of Mrs. 
Purdy ; Palermo, of Miss Hudson; Southhill, of James 
Apjohn, Esq., M.D. ; Rokeby, of the Rev. B. H. Blacker ; 
Rockville, of Charles Hopes, Esq. ; Marino, of Mrs. Nixon ; 
Glenvar, of John Barrington, Esq. ; Beaumont, of Arthur 
Ormsby, Esq. ; Gracefieid, of William H. Robinson, Esq. ; 
Avoca Lodge, of George Stormont, Esq. ; Frescati, of John 
Plunkett, Esq. ; Deepwell, of Mrs. Guinness ; Lisalea, of 
James W. Macauley, Esq, M.D. : Lisaniskea, of Frederic 
Willis, Esq. ; Pembroke House, of Major Fry ; Peafield 
House, of the Rev. P. N. Kearney ; Ruby Lodge, of Thos. 
Bradley, Esq. ; Rosefield, of Edmund M. Kelly, Esq. ; Cas- 
tledawson (vacant) ; Wiliiamstown Castle, of George An- 
drews, Esq. ; Willow Park, of Henry Bewley, Esq. ; Chester- 
field (vacant) ; Bellevue, of Edward Browne, Esq. ; Lota, 
of Lady O'Donel ; Clareville, of John Bolton Massey, Esq. ; 
and Dawson Court, of William O'Connor Morris, Esq. 

There is amongst the parish documents a " transcript of 
map and survey made by Messrs. Sherrard, Brassington, and 
Green, 1820, and attached to the Deed for erecting the 
townland of Booterstown into a parish of ease to St Mary's, 
Donnybroak, which was comprised of the townlands of Sim- 

C 



34 APPENDIX. 



monscourt, 110a., Moyerry, 80a., and Booterstown, 240a. 
(total 430a.), old admeasurement. Taken from an ancient 
record in Headford Library, Trim." But the parish of Don- 
nybrook was then, and is now, even with the loss of Booters- 
town, of wider extent than would appear from the foregoing 
statement. 

By Act of 5 and 6 Vict. c. 96, the townland of Intake, in 
this parish, has been transferred from the ancient county of 
the city to the new barony of Dublin. 

The exact area of the parish is as follows : — 471a. Or. 13p. 
in the half-barony of Rathdown; and 70a. Ok. 35p. in the 
barony of Dublin ; total, 541a. 1r. 8p. 

Note (j),p. 9. 

Population of Booterstown Parish. — The Act of 

55 Geo. III. afforded the first opportunity of ascertaining the 
population of Ireland by the actual enumeration of its inhabi- 
tants, carried on under the sanction of the Legislature ; and 
consequently the census taken in the year 1821 is the first 
authentic statement of the actual number of souls in Ireland. 
In this year, however, no separate return was made for the 
parish of Booterstown, the numbers being included in the 
return for Donnybrook. " The number of houses and souls 
in the village of Williamstown is not specified ; but Booters- 
town is returned as containing 158 houses." 

In 1831, when the next census was taken, the population 
amounted to 3,549 ; comprising 1,454 males and 2,095 fe- 
males ; forming 595 families; and occupying 451 houses. 
There were also 46 houses uninhabited or building. 

In 1841, the population amounted to 3,318; comprising 
1,312 males and 2,006 females; forming 639 families; and 
occupying 618 houses. There were also 47 houses unin- 
habited or building. 

In 1851, as stated in the text, the population amounted 
to 3,512 ; comprising 1,336 males and 2,176 females ; form- 



NOTES. 



35 



ing 70 1 families ; and occupying 570 houses. There were 
also 60 houses uninhabited or building. 

The foregoing particulars have been carefully gleaned from 
the different Census Reports ; and those who wish to have 
full and satisfactory information are strongly recommended 
to consult the same authorities, and not to give way to the 
ignorant prejudice too commonly entertained against all Par- 
liamentary blue-books. The last Report in particular (com- 
plete in six parts, or ten volumes, 1852-56) contains a vast 
amount of useful and interesting information respecting Ire- 
land from a very early period to the year 1851. 

Note (k), p. 10. 

Donnybrook Church, — A woodcut of this building, 
which is frequently called Simmonscourt Church, is given in 
the Dublin Penny Journal, Vol. L, p. 212. It is there repre- 
sented with its slender spire, as before the great storm in 1839, 
and without any enclosure. The writer has likewise in his 
possession two well-executed drawings by a Dublin artist ; 
and differing in some respects, they give a fair idea of what 
the building was, and what it is. 

The cost of, building, as stated in the text, and in the 
" Fourth Report ©n Ecclesiastical Revenue and Patronage, 
Ireland" (1837), p. 87, was "£4,153 16s. lid., British, 
granted [in November, 1825] in way of loan by the late 
Board of First Fruits ; of which loan there remained £3,825 
3s. chargeable on the parish in 1832, repayable by annual 
instalments of £166 3s." 



Note (I), p. 10. 



Symond's-court Towkr A view of Symond's-court 

Tower, drawn by T. Cocking in 1790, may be found in 
Grose's " Antiquities of Ireland," Vol. I., p. 21, with a short 
account. This ancient structure was probably built to secure 



36 APPENDIX. 



the surrounding property of the Dean and Chapter of Christ 
Church from the rapacity of the Wicklow mountaineers, and 
is situated within the grounds of B. M. Tabuteau, Esq. 

Note (m), p. 10. 
The Dodder. — "Dothair (fern.) Dothra. This is the an- 
cient Irish form of the name of the river Dodder, in the county 
of Dublin. The church of Achadh Finiche is described in 
the Feilire JEnguis, at 11th of May, and in the Irish calendar 
of the O'Clerys, as on the brink of the Dothair, in the terri- 
tory of Ui Dunchadha, in Leinster." — " The Book of Rights," 
edited by Mr. O'Donovan for the Celtic Society, p. 12. n. 

Note (V), p, 10. 
Donnybrook. — In "Registrum Prioratus Omnium Sanc- 
torum juxta Dublin,'' edited by Dean Butler for the Irish 
Archaeological Society, frequent mention is made of Donny- 
brook. 'Of the documents in the Registry, No. I., '' Confir- 
macio Gregorii [IX.] spiritualium et temporalium cum certis 
privilegiis et aliis immunitatibus," a.d. 1234, speaks of 
"quadraginta acras sitas in territorio de Donenachbroc [recte 
Dovenachbroc] versus aquilonem ;" No. LXXV., " De Do- 
nabroke," ante 1234; No. LXXVI., " De trigenta novem 
acris apud Donabrok," ante 1234; No. LXXVIL, "De 
eadem terra," a.d. 1298 ; and No. LXXVIIL, " De aqua de 
Dodyr ducenda," &c, a.d. 1307. No. I. in the Appendix, 
from the archives of the city of Dublin, is " De tenemento 
de Donenachbrok." Very absurd is the derivation of the 
name given by Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Hall, in their " Ireland ; 
its Scenery, Character," &c, Vol. II., p. 338:— " ' Don- 
nybrook* — the little brook — is so called from a mountain 
stream, ' the Dodder,' which runs through the suburb." 

Note (o\p. 11. 
The Old Church of Doxnybrook.— "Considerable at- 



NOTES. 37 

tention being now directed towards the preservation of monu- 
mental inscriptions, I am induced to put the following Query, 
in the hope of an answer from some one of your Irish corres- 
pondents. What became of the materials of the old parish 
church of Donnybrook ? They were very improperly sold, I 
believe, about thirty years ago, shortly after the opening of 
the present parish church, and probably were soon beyond 
recovery. As there were several monuments in the interior 
of the building, not one of which was transferred to the new 
building, or (as far as I am aware) left behind by the pur- 
chaser in the graveyard, it is desirable to ascertain, if possi- 
ble, whether they are still in existence. . . . The large 
iron gates, I may add, serve to ornament and protect a neigh- 
bouring fruit-garden : but the fate of the monuments has so 
far baffled my inquiries." (/Votes and Queries, 2nd S., vi. 147.) 
A small portion of one of the walls is standing ; and the old 
baptismal font is preserved in the present building. Mr. 
D' Alton, in his " History of the County of Dublin," p. 801, 
enumerates several, besides those mentioned in the text, who 
have been interred in the churchyard, and whose tomb- 
stones may be found. Accurate copies of many of the 
inscriptions, for which there is not room here, are in the 
writer's possession. For a reference to sundry improvements 
effected in this yard a few years since, see Saunders's News- 
Letter, 12th March, 1847 ; or the Irish Ecclesiastical Jour- 
nal, vol. iv. p. 246. 

Note (p),p. 11. 

Sir Edward Lovet Pearce. — Sir Edward L. Pearce, 
M.P. for Ratoath, died in his house at Stillorgan (other- 
wise Stacklorgan), in the county of Dublin, in the year 1733, 
and was interred at Donnybrook, where, however, no memo- 
rial of him can be discovered. There also was subsequently 
interred his brother, Lieutenant- General Thomas Pearce, who 
had displayed great courage and abilities in Spain and Por- 



38 APPENDIX. 



tugal, and who, besides being a Privy Councillor, was at once 
Governor, Mayor, and Representative in Parliament of the 
city of Limerick. — Ferrar's " History of Limerick," p. 83. 

Note (q),p. 11. 

Bartholomew Mosse, M. D — " Several physicians attended 
him, but, finding all their endeavours ineffectual, they advised 
him to return into the country. On this occasion Alderman 
Peter Barre made him the kind offer of his house at Cullens- 
wood (about a mile from town), which the Doctor readily 
accepted ; and there, on the 16th of February following 
[1759], he departed this life in the forty-seventh year of his 
age, and was interred at Donnybrook, leaving the new hos- 
pital a monument to posterity of his surprising perseverance, 
diligence, and ingenuity, and indeed one of the most superb 
architectural ornaments of the great and elegant city of Dub- 
lin." See a " Biographical Memoir of Bartholomew Mosse, 
M.D." (Dublin, 1846.) "We," his biographer adds, "have 
made diligent but unsuccessful search for the tomb of Mosse 
at Donnybrook." 

Note (r),p. 11. 

The Right Hon. John Radclifp, LL.D The follow- 
ing inscription is on his tombstone : — 

" Here are interred the mortal remains of the Right Hon. 
John Radcliff, LL.D., who died on the 18th July, 1843, in 
the 78th year of his age. For 27 years he fulfilled the offices 
of Judge of the Prerogative Court and Yicar- General of Dub- 
lin ; during which period he devoted himself with unexam- 
pled diligence to the publick service, combining abilities of 
the highest order with untiring patience and spotless in- 
tegrity. In him is lost to his family and friends a sincere 
Christian, gifted with the sweetest temper and most affec- 
tionate heart ; and to the poor a sure benefactor. ' Mark 
the perfect man, and behold the upright ; for the end of that 
man is peace.* — Psalm xxxvii. 37." 



NOTES. 39 

Dr. Radcliff had been likewise for many years Vicar- 
General of Armagh, in which office .he was succeeded by the 
late Rev. George Miller, D.D., author of " Modern History 
Philosophically Illustrated,'' and of many other publications, 
and whose judgments on points of ecclesiastical law are 
highly esteemed. 

Note 0), p. 12. 

Bishop Clayton. — The following inscription is still legible 
on a very large stone: — 

" Here lyeth y* body of Doctor Robert Clayton, Lord 
Bishop of Clogher, who was born in the year 1695, and was 
elected Fellow of Trinity College in 1714. He resigned his 
Fellowship in the year 1728 ; and the same year married 
Katherine, daughter of Lord Chief Baron Donnellan. He 
was promoted to the Bishoprick of Killala in the year 1729, 
and died in 1758, in the 64th year of his age. To enume- 
rate all his amiable qualities would take up too much room 
for this place. His character as a Christian, and abilities as 
a writer, appear by his works. He lived esteemed by good 
men ; he died regretted by many, most lamented by his af- 
flicted widow." 

He was co-opted to a Senior Fellowship in 1724, which he 
resigned on his marriage. In 1733, he was translated from 
the see of Killala to that of Cork and Ross, and thence to 
Clogher in 1745. " A censure [for his peculiar opinions] 
was certain : a deprivation was apprehended. But, before 
the time appointed arrived, he was seized with a nervous 
fever, which brought him to his dissolution [at his house in 
St. Stephen's-green] on the 26th of February, 1758."— 
Bishop Mant's " History of the Church of Ireland," Vol. II., 
pp. 613-618. 

Richard Graves, D.D., Dean of Ardagh. — " In the 

detailed and interesting Memoir prefixed to ' The Works of 
Richard Graves, D.D., Dean of Ardagh, and Regius Profes- 
sor of Divinity in the University of Dublin * (4 vols. 8vo.) 



40 APPENDIX. 



the date of his death is given ; but no mention is made of 
the place of his interment. It may be well, for more reasons 
than one, to record the locality in Notes and Queries ; and 
therefore I am induced to send a copy of an entry in the 
register of burials in the parish of Donnybrook. The follow- 
ing is No. 157 : — 

" * The Very Reverend Richard Graves, of Harcourt- street, 
in the parish of St. Peter [Dublin], aged sixty- five, was 
buried this 3rd day of April, 1829.' 

" A stone, with an inscription, covers the grave of this 
learned divine and servant of God, in the old churchyard of 
Donnybrook." — Notes and Queries, 1st S., x. 203. 

The following is the inscription on the tombstone (much 
broken) over the family- vault : — 

" Here are deposited the remains of Matilda Jane, wife of 
Robert James Graves, Esq., M.D., who died Sept. the 1st, 
1825, aged 19 years. 

"Elizabeth Mary, wife of the Rev. Dr. Graves, Dean of 
Ardagh, who died March 22, 1827, aged 60 years. 

" And Sarah, second wife of Robert James Graves, who 
died June the 16th, 1827, aged 26 years. 

" And of the Very Rev. Richard Graves, D.D., Dean of 
Ardagh, who died March 31, 1829, aged 65 years. 

" And of Eliza Drew Jane F. Graves, second and only sur- 
viving daughter of Robt. James Graves and Matilda Jane 
his first wife, who died on the 4th March, 1831, aged 5 years 
and 6 months. 

" And of John Graves, Esq., nephew to the above Richard 
Graves, D.D., died the 13th January, 1835, aged 58 years." 

The only monument in Donnybrook Church has this in- 
scription : — 

"In affectionate remembrance of John Crosbie Graves, 
Esq., Barrister- at- law, second son of the Very Rev. Thomas 
Graves, Dean of Connor, this tablet was erected by his af- 
flicted widow. The upright and efficient discharge of his 
public duties as a Magistrate of Police, and Commissioner of 
Bankrupts, won for him the esteem of his fellow- citizens ; 



NOTES. 41 



and the union of refined tastes with warm and delicate feel- 
ings peculiarly endeared him to his private friends. His 
family, upon whose hearts is engraven the memory of his 
unwearied kindness and humble piety, can never cease to de- 
plore his loss. He died in Dublin, Jan. 13, 1835, aged 58 
years, and is buried in the old churchyard of this parish, in 
the family-vault of his uncle, the Very Rev. Richard Graves, 
D.D., Dean of Ardagh." 

Note (*), j?. 12. 

Donnybrook. Parish Registers. — " In the hope that it 
may lead to their recovery, if still in existence, I wish to 
state in Notes and Queries, that among the records belong- 
ing to the parish of Donny brook, near Dublin, there is not 
the vestige of a register of baptisms, marriages, or burials 
(and there must have been many of these occurrences in so 
large a parish), for the space of thirty-two years before 1800. 
How the book or books were lost, or when, no one can tell ; 
bat certain I am that they have not been forthcoming, to the 
great inconvenience and injury of many persons, for the last 
fourteen years. The registers of the parish date from 1712." 
(Notes and Queries, 2nd S., vii. 217.) A few entries of 
baptisms, &c , from 9th August, 1705, to the year 1712, and 
also seventeen marriages by the Rev. Gore Wood, 1778-84, 
are inserted in the oldest book extant ; and it is to be pre- 
sumed that registers of an earlier date existed, though for 
many years past they have not been forthcoming. For some 
remarks on Parish Registers, see " Postulates and Data," pp. 
194-205 (London, 1852.) 

Note (u), i>. 12. 

Archbishops King and Magee. — "Archbishop King 
died May 8, 1729, and was buried in the churchyard of 
Donnybrook [on the north side, as he had directed in his 
lifetime] ; but no monument or other memorial of him can 



42 



APPENDIX. 



now be found there. Archbishop Magee died August 19, 
1831, and was buried in the old churchyard of Rathfarnham, 
likewise not far from Dublin. His tomb stands exactly in 
the centre of the ancient church ; but as no inscription has 
been placed on it, the spot will ere long be forgotten. This 
treatment appears somewhat strange in connexion with two 
of the ablest and greatest of the archbishops of Dublin. It 
ought, one would think, to be corrected ; and yet perhaps 
Sir William Jones* plan is the wisest : ' The best monument 
that can be erected to a man of literary talents is a good 
edition of his works.'" — Notes and Queries, 2nd S., i. 148. 

Note (v),p. 12. 

Sandford. — Mention of this place naturally recals to 
one's mind the late Yen. Henry Irwin, of whom it has been 
well observed by his successor in the chaplaincy, the Rev. 
W. P. Walsh, in the Notice prefixed to his " Remains," p. 
xxv., that " it was in his beloved church and parsonage, at 
Sandford, that Archdeacon Irwin gathered around him the 
deep love of that inner circle of friends and hearers who were 
there privileged to attend upon his faithful teaching. By a 
ministry of two and-thirty years he made that quiet spot a 
consecrated ground, and hallowed it into a centre from which 
blessed influences were diffused upon the Church and country 
that he loved." Sandford Church is in the parish of St. 
Peter, Dublin, only a few yards beyond the bounds of the 
parish of Donnybrook. 

Note (w), p. 12. 

The Duke of Wellington " It was not in India, as 

commonly supposed, but on Donnybrook-road, that his first 
laurels were won. This appears from the Freeman's Journal, 
September 18th, 1789, where we learn that in consequence 
of a wager between him and Mr. Whaley of one hundred and 



NOTES. 43 

fifty guineas, the Hon. Arthur Wesley walked from the five- 
mile-stone on Donnybrook-road to the corner of the Circular- 
road in Leeson-street, in fifty-five minutes, and that a num- 
ber of gentlemen rode with the walker, whose horses he kept 
in a tolerable smart trot. When it is recollected that those 
were Irish miles, even deducting the distance from Leeson- 
street to the Castle, whence the original measurements were 
made, this walk must be computed at nearly six. English 
miles." — Notes and Queries, 1st S., viii. 491. 

Note (x) p. 13. 

The Hospital for Incurables. — The Buckingham 
Hospital, near the Donnybrook-road, originally intended for 
a small-pox hospital, was, for some time prior to 1792, used 
as a Lock hospital ; but being insufficient for the purpose, and 
inconveniently situated for the necessary medical attendance, 
it was in that year transferred to the governors of the chari- 
table foundation for incurables, who gave in exchange their 
hospital in Townsend-street, which has since that time been 
denominated the Westmoreland Lock Hospital, from the 
nobleman who was then Viceroy, and at whose instance the 
exchange was effected. 

The following extracts are from a recent appeal to the 
citizens of Dublin from the Governors of the Hospital for 
Incurables : — 

" The Hospital is situated near Donnybrook, in a pecu- 
liarly healthful and secluded situation ; and although so pre- 
eminently an institution of mercy, and altogether peculiar, 
both in the objects that it relieves, and the relief that it 
affords, is too little known, and has consequently not met 
with as large a portion of public sympathy as it so well 
merits. 

"The Institution is intended for those whom incurable 
disease has rendered incapable of effort ; it therefore does not 
aim beyond the alleviation of confirmed and hopeless disease. 
The victims of Cancer, Consumption, Paralysis, and of every 



44 APPENDIX. 



variety of incurable malady, are received within its walls, 
and are nursed with unremitting care and tenderness. It 
receives those who are rejected as incurable from other sana- 
tory institutions, and is the last refuge on this side the 
grave for suffering mortality combined with poverty. 

" This account is in no respect exaggerated, and every 
person who will walk through its wards may satisfy himself 
of the truth of this statement. He will there witness per- 
manent, unmixed suffering — disgusting and wasting disease 
— and a wretched, hopeless struggle with pain and debility. 
All that can be effected by medical care, by judicious nourish- 
ment (which in many instances is necessarily costly), and by 
tender watchfulness, is freely given ; and the Governors have 
the satisfaction of stating, that the Hospital has in every 
case been a blessing, and an acknowledged blessing, to its 
incurable inmates." 

For many interesting particulars connected with the Hos- 
pital (including a copy of the charter of incorporation 
granted by King George III., 7th January, 1800), see the 
" Report of the Commissioners appointed to inspect Charita- 
ble Institutions, Dublin " (1842), pp. 118-135; the " Re- 
port of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the 
Hospitals of Dublin " (1855) ; and the " First and Second 
Annual Reports of the Board of Superintendence of Dublin 
Hospitals" (1858 and 1859). 

Note (y), p. 13. 

Donnybrook Fair In the year 1204 King John 

granted his license to the corporation of Dublin to hold an 
eight -day fair at Donnybrook, commencing on the day of 
the finding of the Holy Cross (3rd May), with similar stall- 
ages and tolls as established in Waterford and Limerick. 
King Henry III., by charter in 1252, extended the duration 
of the Fair to fifteen days, and changed the day of its com- 
mencement to the 7th of July ; which was further altered to 
the 10th of the same month, and by a subsequent charter 
fixed to the 26th of August. Many attempts have been 



NOTES. 45 

made from time to time to curtail the nuisance, with more or 
less success ; and the patent passed through various hands 
until it reached the representatives of the late John Madden, 
Esq., of Donnybrook, from whom it was purchased, in 1855, 
for the sum of £3,000. 

Since the foregoing paragraph was in type, a copy of the 
following " Statement in relation to the Fair of Donnybrook " 
(through the kindness of R. R. Madden, Esq., M.D.) has 
been furnished by Thoma3 Carmichael, Esq., who was pro- 
fessionally engaged in the purchase of the patent ; and being 
an important document, it is inserted in full, though, when 
compared with what immediately precedes it, a few repe- 
titions and slight differences cannot fail to be seen : — 

"By a King's Letter enrolled in the Close Roll of the 
sixth year of King John (1204) in the Tower of London, 
that King commanded Meiler FitzHenry, Justiciary of Ire- 
land, amongst other things, ' as he had informed the King 
that he had not a place where the King's treasure could be 
safely deposited, and that for this cause and many other 
necessary causes a fortress was required,' to build a castle in 
a proper place, and to protect and defend the city, and to 
surround it with a fosse and walls fortified with competent 
towers, bulwarks, and other defences, as he should consider 
the King's peace and safety ; and that for this purpose he 
should get 300 marks, owing by E. FitzRobert. He com- 
manded also by letters patent that his citizens of Dublin " 
should have the city enclosed, and that they should be com- 
pelled to do so, if unwilling. 

" He willed also that there should be a fair at Donny- 
brook every year for eight days' duration, at the Invention 
of the Holy Cross (3rd May), and another at the well of 
St. John the Baptist, likewise for eight days, allowing to 
them toll and stallage ; another at Waterford, on the day of 
St. Peter in Chains ; another at Limerick, on the feast of St. 
Martin, for eight days ; and he commanded these things to 
be announced, that all merchants should come there freely. 
Witnessed, &c, 31st day of August. (The original record 
of Chancery, and the translation, preserved in the Tower of 
London.) 

" The right of the citizens to hold this fair is recognised in 



46 APPENDIX. 



two other letters of the same King, also enrolled in the Close 
Koll of the sixteenth and seventeenth years of his reign (1214 
and 1215) ; and by the latter, the time for holding the fair 
is enlarged to fifteen days, saving to the Archbishop of 
Dublin the said fair for the first two days thereof. 

" By charter dated 1241, 26th Henry III., reciting that 
he had granted, and by that his charter confirmed, to his 
citizens of Dublin that they and their heirs for ever should 
have a fair at Dublin within their bounds every year for 
fifteen days, that is to say, on the vigil, the day, and the 
morrow of the Translation of St. Thomas the Martyr, and 
for twelve days following, which they had theretofore had, 
by grant of King John his father, beginning at the feast of 
the Invention of the Holy Cross for fifteen days, saving to 
the Archbishop of Dublin and his successors the aforesaid fair 
for two days, that is to say, the vigil of the said Translation 
and the day of the same ; therefore the King willed and 
firmly commanded for him, his heirs, and successors for ever, 
that his said citizens of Dublin and their heirs for ever 
should have a fair for ever within their bounds every year 
for fifteen days' duration, that is to say, on the vigil, the 
day, and the morrow of the Translation of St. Thomas the 
Martyr, and for twelve days following, with all liberties and 
free customs to the same fair belonging, which they had 
hitherto held by grant of the Lord John the King, his father, 
commencing on the vigil of the Invention of the Holy Cross, 
for fifteen days' duration, saving to the Venerable Father 
Lord Archbishop of Dublin and his successors, of the said 
fair two days, that is to say, the vigil and the day of the 
Translation aforesaid. Witnesses, W. Bishop of Worcester ; 
Richard le Clare, Earl of Gloucester and Hertford ; Master 
William de Kilkenny, Archdeacon of Coventry. Given 
under the King's hand, 28th May. 

" By charter dated 1279, 8th Edward L, the time of com- 
mencing the fair was further postponed at the instance of the 
citizens, and for their greater convenience, as therein stated, 
to the eve of the Translation of St. Benedict the Abbot, in 
July, to be held for fifteen days. 

u By a subsequent charter the time of holding the fair was 
changed to a still later period ; and from time immemorial 
the same has been held in the Green of Donnybrook, on the 
26th of August, continuing during periods varying from a 
week to fifteen days. 

"Although some title on the part of the Archbishop of 



NOTES. 47 



Dublin to two out of the fifteen days during which the fair 
was to last, is alluded to in some of the late charters, there 
is no trace on record of its ever being exercised. 

" The corporation of the city of Dublin having in the 
course of time absolutely disposed of the right of holding this 
fair, with the tolls and customs thereof under the aforesaid 
charters, the same, upon the death of Henry Ussher (the 
preceding proprietor) in the year 1756, became vested in Sir 
William Wolseley, Bart., who in the year 1778 made a lease 
thereof to the late Joseph Madden, of Donnybrook ; and in 
the year 1812 the then Baronet absolutely assigned same for 
ever to the late John Madden, his [Joseph Madden's] son, 
by the representatives of whom, and of Peter Madden his 
brother, the same were conveyed in the year 1855 to the 
Right Hon. Joseph Boyce, then Lord Mayor of the city of 
Dublin, and Edward Wright, Esq., LL.D., in trust for the 
Committee then formed for the abolition of said Donnybrook 
Fair, and for their fellow-citizens subscribing to the contri- 
bution." 

The following extracts are from the circular issued by the 
Committee for the Abolition of Donnybrook Fair : — 

" The annals of social and commercial life in this metro- 
polis afford sad and abundant records of the ruin and degra- 
dation which, dating their commencement with a visit to 
this Fair, have befallen many who once enjoyed a character 
for industry and morality, and who, but for the contamination 
there contracted, might still have enjoyed it. 

"The facts, that large sums of money are annually drawn 
from the Savings' Banks, to be squandered at the Fair ; that 
every anniversary is followed by a fearful increase of disease, 
as attested by the Hospital and Dispensary Reports ; and 
that the amount of crime, as shown by the Police Reports, is 
fearfully augmented, afford conclusive evidence as to the vast 
amount of social mischief generated on these occasions. 

" Deluded by the specious show of recreation and amuse- 
ment, multitudes are caught in the meshes of temptation, and 
allured into the snares of vice. Servants, mechanics, trades- 
men, and even clerks and shopmen, all in respectable 
employment, have been thus led into courses which have 
entailed the loss of situation, the forfeiture of character, and 
consequent misery to themselves and their families. To 
the young of both sexes it has been the source of unnumbered 



48 APPENDIX. 



evils, whilst, to young females especially, it has proved an 
easy and fatal descent into the lowest depths of infamy and 
shame. 

"Happily, an opportunity for putting an end to the occa- 
sion of these evils now presents itself. The proprietors of 
the patent under which the Fair is held, are willing to sur- 
render their claims for .£3,000 ; a sum which, if considered in 
relation to their vested interests, is fair and reasonable, and 
if compared with the amount of good to be accomplished, is 
trifling and insignificant. 

" The Committee invite the aid and co-operation of every 
friend of religion andgmorality, to the completion of a work 
now auspiciously begun." 

Though the patent was purchased, and safely vested in the 
hands of those who will not abuse it, the expectations of the 
Committee and Subscribers were not at once realised. An 
individual, who lives in Donny brook, and has had for some 
time past the lease and license of a public-house, with a field 
attached to her holding, persisted in having a fair on her 
premises, and occasioned no small amount of damage to the 
public ; but the Fair has been abolished, and it is to be 
hoped that ere long no traces of it may be found. For a 
strong, but not too strong article on the subject, see the 
Irish Times, 23rd August, 1859. 

It is satisfactory to & be able to add, that cogent reasons 
against the renewal of the license having been urged by the 
Crown, and both sides of the case fully argued, in the 
College-street Police Office, the presiding Magistrates have 
given judgment against Miss Eliza Dillon, as detailed in 
Saunders's News-Letter, 9th November. The certificate for 
her license has been very properly refused ; and thus the so- 
called fair of Donnybrook is at an end. 

Note (z),p. 15. 

Bounds of Donnybrook Parish Within the bounds 

of this parish (partly in the half- barony of Rathdown and 



NOTES. 49 

barony of Uppercross, but chiefly in the barony of Dublin), 
which are well defined in the Ordnance Survey, the fol- 
lowing, with other avenues, are comprised : — Donnybrook- 
road, from Upper Leeson-street to Donnybrook ; Stillorgan- 
road, from Donnybrook to Priesthouse ; Clonskea-road, from 
Cullenswood-terrace to Clonskea ; Sallymount ; Bushfield- 
avenue ; Belmont-avenue ; Seaview-terrace ; Simmonscourt ; 
Blackrock-road, from the College Botanic Gardens to Trim- 
leston, Merrion ; Beggarsbush-road ; Bath-avenue, with Va- 
vasour-square ; Sandymount-road, from near Ringsend- 
bridge to Sandymount ; Irishtown- strand ; London-bridge- 
road ; Tritonville- avenue ; Serpentine- avenue; Sandymount- 
avenue ; Sandy mount-green ; Seafort-avenue ; Newgrove- 
avenue; Sandymount- strand; Park- avenue ; Sydney-parade ; 
Merrion- strand ; White's-avenue ; and Merrionview- avenue. 
Amongst the principal residences are — Nutley, of Alder- 
man Roe, D.L. ; Woodview, of Captain Frederick J. Isacke ; 
Greenfield, of Randle H, M'Donnell, Esq. ; Thornfield, of 
Richard Wilson, Esq. ; Montrose, of Wm. Jameson, Esq, ; 
Airfield, of James Jameson, Esq. ; Mount Errol, of William 
Bredin, Esq. ; Shamrock-hill, of Edward Hornsby, Esq. ; 
Plantation, of John Hewson, Esq. ; Floraville, of Edward 
Wright, Esq., LL.D. ; Vergemount, of Patrick Donegan, 
Esq. ; Swanbrook, of the Rev. John L. Chute ; St. Ann's, of 
Colonel O'Neill ; Simmonscourt Castle, of Bartholomew M. 
Tabuteau, Esq. ; Erith Lodge, of John Spain, Esq. ; Will- 
field, of Mrs. Clarke ; Willrield House, of Miss O'Reilly ; 
Sandymount Castle, of Robert Corbet, Esq. ; Claremont, 
of Mrs. Lovely; Belvedere, of the Hon. Mrs. Butler; 
Fairfield House, of Thomas Reilly, Esq. ; Kirkville, of Alex. 
Sanson, Esq. ; Elm Park, of Joseph Watkins, Esq. ; Low- 
ville, of Robert Murray, Esq. ; Bloomfield, of Mrs. Aylmer ; 
and Merrion Castle, of Mrs. Low. 

Amongst the maps of the Down ( t.e., "laid down") Survey, 
safely deposited in the Custom-house, Dublin, there is one of 
" the Parishes of Donnabrook and Tannee [Taney], somewhat 

D 



50 APPENDIX. 



worn at the edges." See the " Supplement to the Third 
Report of the Irish Record Commissioners " (1813) ; and 
also Sir William Petty's " History of the Down Survey " 
(1655-6), edited by the present Major-General Larcom for 
the Irish Archaeological Society. 

In Hardiman's " Catalogue of Maps, Charts, and Plans 
relating to Ireland, preserved amongst the MSS. in Trinity 
College, Dublin " (1824), p. 10, there is mention of " a ma- 
nuscript plan of an encampment, without name or date. It 
appears, however, to have been in the neighbourhood of Dub- 
lin, from the outlet marks, as follow : — St. Steven's-street 
waye ; Colledge-green waye ; Baggatrough-waye ; Dunna- 
broke-waye ; St. Kevan's- street waye; and may have refer- 
ence to the situation of the Marquis of Ormond's camp before 
the fatal battle with Colonel Michael Jones, near Dublin, in 
1649." 

By Act of 5 and 6 Vict. c. 96., the townlands of Bagot- 
rath, Ballsbridge, Beggarsbush, Clonskeagh (formerly Clan- 
skiagh) Donnybrooke east and west, Forty-acres, Irishtown, 
Merrion, Ringsend, Sandymount, and Smotscourt, in this 
parish, have been transferred from the ancient county of the 
city to the new barony of Dublin. 

The exact area of the parish is as follows : — 1313a. 2r. 
9p. in the barony of Dublin; 363a. 3r. 26p. in the half- 
barony of Rathdown ; and 10a. 2r. in the barony of Upper- 
cross; total, 1687a. 3r. 35p. 



Note (act), p. 15. 

Population of Donnybrook Parish According to the 

census taken in the year 1821, which (as already mentioned) 
is the first authentic statement of the actual number of souls 
in Ireland, the population of the parish of Donnybrook, in- 
cluding Booterstown, amounted to 9,219 ; comprising 4,267 
males and 4,952 females; forming 2,049 families ; and oc- 



NOTES. 51 

cupying 1,235 houses. There were also 96 houses uninhabit- 
ed or building. 

In 1831, when the next census was taken, the population 
amounted to 10,394; comprising 4,729 males and 5,665 
females; forming 2,170 families: and occupying 1,212 
houses. There were also 100 houses uninhabited or building. 

In 1811 the population amounted to 9,825 ; comprising 
4,161 males and 5,361 females; forming 1,865 families; 
and occupying 1,244 houses. There were also 106 houses 
uninhabited or building. 

In 1851, as stated in the text, the population amounted to 
11.178; comprising 4,971 males and 6,207 females; form- 
ing 2,229 families ; and occupying 1,524 houses. There 
were also 175 houses uninhabited or building. 

[For some particulars not here repeated, see Note (/), p. 
34.] 

Note (bb), p. 19. 

Oliver Earl of Tyrco>~xel. — " In Archdall's edition 
of * Lodge's Peerage of Ireland,' Yol. IY., p. 318, it is stated 
that the Earl of Tyreonnel lies buried under a handsome 
tomb of black marble, in the chapel of the family's founda- 
tion in Donnybrooke-Church, with this inscription, over 
which are the arms of Fitzwilliam, and the coronet, but no 
crest or supporters : — 

" ■ Here iyeth the Body of the Eight Honourable and 
most Noble Lord Oliver, Earl of Tyreonnel, Lord Yiscount 
Eitz williams of Meryonge, Baron of Thorn-Castle, who died 
at his House in Meryong April 11th, 1667, and was Buried 
the i2th day of the same month.' 

" As I can testify from my own observation, the church, 
chapel, and this and many other tombs (Archbishop King's 
included [if he had one]) have disappeared; but when and 
how. I cannot tell." — Notes and Queries, 2nd S., iv. 90. 



/ 



52 APPENDIX. 



Note (cc),p. 19. 

Tombstone in Merrion Graveyard. — The following 
inscription is on the tombstone :— 

" Sacred to the memory of the soldiers belonging to his 
Majesty's 18th Regiment of Foot, and a few belonging to 
other corps, who, actuated by a desire of more extensive ser- 
vice, nobly volunteered from the South Mayo and different 
regiments of Irish Militia into the Line, and who were unfor- 
tunately shipwrecked on this coast in the Prince of Wales 
packet, and perished on the night of the 19 th of November, 
1807. This tribute to their memory has been placed on their 
tomb by order of General the Earl of Harrington, Com- 
mander of the Forces in Ireland." 

In the old churchyard of Carrickbrennan, in the parish of 
Monkstown, there is a stone in memory of Major Charles 
Gormocan, who perished in the Rochdale transport ; and near 
the entrance is a mound thrown over, and a stone commemo- 
rative of the unfortunate officers and soldiers of the 97th 
regiment. 

The "Prince of Wales" and the "Rochdale." — 
The Rev. C. H. Minchin has supplied these particulars from 
an old scrap among his disjecta membra variorum : — . 

"Dublin, 19th November, 1807 — On Wednesday morn- 
ing the ' Prince of Wales,' Captain Edwards, sailed from our 
port for Liverpool, in company with two transports. They 
were perceived working about the bay on Thursday morn- 
ing ; and when the fall of snow commenced, it was supposed 
they were endeavouring to regain the harbour. The snow 
fell so thickly, that they were not able to discern their way ; 
and the surge, even if they did, broke so violently against 
the beach, that they could not come to an anchor. The 
• Prince of Wales ' struck immediately under the battery of 
Dunleary point, when Captain Edwards, the crew, and two 
officers immediately hoisted out the boat, jumped into it, and 
gained the shore. The remainder of the passengers, 120 in 
number, volunteers from the South Mayo regiment for the 
97th and 18th, unfortunately perished in the wreck. The 



NOTES. 53 



point at which she struck is immediately opposite Sir John 
Lees' house, Seapoint. The transports which sailed in com- 
pany with the ' Prince of Wales ' have not yet been heard of. 
Among those lost in the ' Prince of Wales ' was Lieutenant 
Maclean, a promising young man, who had the care of the 
recruits. 

" The ' Rochdale ' of Liverpool sailed on the same day, in 
company with seven transports, for England. On Thursday 
she was discovered in the offing off Blackrock, in great dis- 
tress. The blue lights were hoisted, and the guns repeatedly 
fired. The state of the weather and the violence of the surge 
prevented any succour from reaching them. She had on 
board part of the 97th, or Queen's Germans; and some 
volunteers from the South Cork and Mayo regiments were 
also on board. The embarkation-return of this vessel is as 
follows : — 1 major, 2 lieutenants, 1 ensign, 8 Serjeants, 9 cor- 
porals, 173 rank and file, 42 women, and 29 children; in 
all 2«J5 souls, not one individual of whom is known to have 
escaped. The names of the officers were — Major Gormocan, 
97th Foot ; Lieutenants Long and Power, and Ensign Way. 
The vessel lies alongside of the Tower. Her bottom is com- 
pletely bilged, though her decks are said to remain entire. 
A great part of the beach from Dunleary to the Rock was 
covered with the dead bodies, &c." 



Note (dd\p. 21. 

Derivation of " Ringsend." — According to a writer in 
Notes and Queries, 2nd S., ii. 315, " the explanation of this 
apparent bull, ring's end, is very simple. Previous to the 
formation of that portion of Dublin which is now called Sir 
John Rogerson's-quay, there were great piles of wood driven 
into the sand, and to each of these piles were attached large 
iron rings, for the convenience of the shipping moored there. 
The outermost of those piles having a ring was called ring's 
end, that is, the end, or last of the rings ; and hence the 
name given to the place at the end of Sir John Rogerson's- 
quay. Sir John Rogerson, the maker of the quay, was at 
one time [1693-4] Lord Mayor of Dublin ; and my inform a- 



54 APPENDIX. 



tion as to the derivation of the name 'Ring's End was received 
from old Jemmy Walsh, a Dublin pilot, who remembered 
seeing the ships moored, and their ropes run through the 
rings of the wooden piles on the river." 

The foregoing is quoted merely to be refuted in the words 
of another correspondent, who well observes (2nd S., iv. 298) 
that " Ringsend was so called for generations before * old 
Jemmy Walsh ' was born. His derivation, fanciful as it is, 
I could almost imagine was given to try how far Irish wit 
could impose on English credulity." 

Mr. Lascelles, in " Liber Munerum," &c, Part V., p. 142, 
writes as follows : — 

" Ringsend or Rinksen [forsan a northern word, signify- 
ing a sewer, which the river Dodder is to that part of the 
county.]" 

However, the derivation given in the text is probably the 
correct one, namely, Rinn-Aun — " the point of the tide." In 
fact, the name of Ringsend, as in the case of the Phoenix 
Park, is a corruption of an Irish word or words, for which a 
more familiar English one resembling it in sound was sub- 
stituted. Bishop O'Brien, it may be added, gives in his 
" Irish-English Dictionary" (Paris, 1768), " Abhan, a river; 
rectius Amhan " ; and remarks, that the names of places in 
Ireland with a similar beginning (Rinn) would more than fill 
a sheet. 

Note (ee), p. 22. 

The Pigeon-house and the Light-house. — From the 
" Point " of Ringsend, the South- wall extends into the bay 
17,754 feet; nearly three English miles and an half. It was 
commenced in 1748, and finally completed in 1796; and is 
composed of blocks of mountain granite, strongly cemented, 
and strengthened with iron cramps. The breadth of the 
road to a strong artillery station called the Pigeon-house 



NOTES, 55 



(which was erected near the close of the last century, and 
is 7,938 feet from Ringsend), is nearly forty feet, and 
thence to the Light-house thirty-two feet at bottom, but 
narrows to twenty- eight feet at top ; the whole rising five 
feet above high- water. There is a basin at the former place, 
900 feet long by 450 broad, and a landing-place raised 200 
feet broad, on which are several convenient wharfs, now but 
little frequented. The pier at this point is 250 feet wide ; 
and on it are raised buildings, which were formerly used as a 
magazine, an arsenal, and a custom-house- In the channel 
between the Pigeon-house and the Light-house is the anchor- 
age called Poolbeg (formerly denominated Cleer-rode, Clare- 
road, and Clarade) where vessels may lie in fifteen feet at 
low water. At the extremity of the Wall is the Light-house, 
commenced in 1761, and completed in 1768, under conside- 
rable difficulties, by Mr. Smith. See Whitelaw and Walsh's 
" History of Dublin," Vol. II., p. 1084 ; Brewer's " Beauties 
of Ireland," Vol. L, p. 178 ; and D' Alton's " History of the 
County of Dublin," p. 853. Woodcuts of the Light-house 
and the Pigeon-house are given in the Dublin Penny Journal, 
Vol. III., p. 281 ; and a view of the Light-house in " Illus- 
trations of the Scenery and Antiquities of Ireland," Vol. I., p. 
104. 

In an interesting and authentic MS. in the writer's pos- 
session, entitled " Observations made by Colonel [afterwards 
Major- General] Roy during a Short Tour in Ireland, 1766 " 
(see Notes and Queries, 2nd S., vii., 358, 442), the follow- 
ing passage occurs :< — 

" If at any time hence it should be thought necessary to 
build a fort or citadel near Dublin, the sandy point where 
now the village of Ringsend stands would seem to be a pro- 
per situation to make choice of, as it would effectually secure 
the entrance of the harbour, in some degree command the 
bay, might always be supplied by sea, and being overlooked 
by nothing, might therefore be made strong, especially by 
means of the little river Dodder. The tide might be made to 
flow round it." 



56 APPENDIX. 



The Pigeon-house Fort was subsequently erected, and 
formed, in the plans of Robert Emmet in 1803, one of his 
chief points of attack. See Dr. Madden's " Life and Times 
of Robert Emmet," pp. 89, 110, 127. 

Note (ff), p. 22. 

Kixg James's Visit to Ringsend. — " Sir Cloudesly 
Shovel came on the 12th to Belfast, as convoy to several 
ships that brought over necessaries for the army ; and there 
having intelligence of a frigate at anchor in the bay of Dub- 
lin, and several other small vessels loaden with hides, tallow, 
wools, some plate, and several other things designed for 
France, he sailed April the 18th (being Good Friday), to the 
mouth of the bay of Dublin, and there leaving the Monk, 
and some more great ships, he took the Monmouth yacht, 
and one or two more, with several long-boats, and went to 
Polebeg [Poolbeg], where the frigate lay (being one half of 
the Scotch fleet that was taken in the Channel the year be- 
fore), having sixteen guns and four pattereroes. King 
James when he heard it, said, It was some of his loyal sub- 
jects of England returning to their duty and allegiance ; but 
when he saw them draw near the ship, and heard the firing, 
he rid out towards Rings-end, whither gathered a vast crowd 
of people of all sorts, and there were several regiments drawn 
out, if it were possible, to kill those bold fellows at sea, who 
durst on such a good day perform so wicked a deed (as they 
called it). Captain Bennet that commanded the frigate, run 
her on ground, and after several firings from some other ships 
of theirs, as also from that, when they saw a fireship coming 
in (which Sir Cloudesly had given a sign to) they all quitted 
the frigate, being at first about forty ; but they lost six or 
seven in the action. Sir Cloudesly was in the Monmouth 
yacht where Captain Wright was very serviceable both in 
carrying in the fleet, and in time of action. In going off, 
one of our hoys ran a-ground, and was dry when the tide 



NOTES. 57 

was gone ; the rest of the boats were not far off, being full 
of armed men ; and a Frenchman, one of King James's 
Guards, coming nigh the boats to fire his pistols in a bravo, 
had his horse shot under him, and was forced to fling off his 
jack-boots and run back in his stockings to save himself; 
some of the sea-men went on shore, and took his saddle and 
furniture. When the tide came in, they went off with their 
prize to the ships below. King James went back very much 
dissatisfy'd, and 'twas reported he should say, That all the 
Protestants in Ireland were of Cromwell's breed, and deserved 
to have their throats cut : but whatever his thoughts might 
be, I suppose his discretion would not allow him to say so. 
However all the Protestants that walked that way during 
the action, were secured in prison, and two made their escape 
to our boats." — Story's " Impartial History of the Wars of 
Ireland," p. 58. 

Note (gg\ p. 23. 

Eingsexd Cars. — " The hackney-coaches we borrowed 
from our English neighbours, as their name imports ; but our 
one-horse vehicles have always been peculiar to ourselves, 
and were in use long before anything of a similar kind was 
introduced into England. The earliest and rudest of these 
were the * Ringsend cars,' so called from their plying princi- 
pally to that place and Irishtown, then the resort of the beau 
monde for the benefit of sea-bathing. This car consisted of 
a seat suspended in a strap of leather, between shafts, and 
without springs. The noise made by the creaking of the 
strap, which supported the whole weight of the company, par- 
ticularly distinguished this mode of conveyance." (" Sketches 
of Ireland Sixty Years Ago," p. 77.) See also Whitelaw 
and Walsh's " History of Dublin," Vol. II., p. 1173. This 
" History '' may not be particularly well arranged ; but con- 
taining a great mass of useful information, and very little 
extraneous matter, it is oftentimes too hastily condemned. 



58 APPENDIX. 



Note (M), p. 23. 

Monuments in Irishtown Church In the church 

there are four small-sized monuments — 



" In remembrance of Elizabeth, the beloved wife of Co- 
lonel Munro, Royal Artillery. She died in Dublin, 20tb 
December, 1843." 



<l Sacred to the memory of John Babington Smyth, M.D., 
Belmont House, Stillorgan. Born in 1822 ; Died Septem- 
ber 27th, 1845. 

" * Ilota yap 77 £wtj vjawv ; drjats.' — James, iv. 14." 



" To Robert Hanna, A.B., T.C.D. This tablet was erected 
by his pupils in the Rev. Dr. Wall's School. He died Oct. 
25th, 1848, aged 23 years." 



" S. M. of John Smyth, A.M., M.D., T.C.D., of Belmont 
House, Stillorgan, Co. Dublin. Esteemed by his acquaint- 
ances, endeared to his friends, beloved by his family, through 
a life of varied usefulness his path was that of the just, ' as 
the shining light that shineth more and more unto the per- 
fect day.' Released from his labours, he rested with his 
Redeemer, December 4th, 1852." 

Mr. D' Alton, in his " History of the County of Dublin," 
p. 857, enumerates several, besides those mentioned in the 
text, who have been interred in the churchyard, and whose 
tombstones may be found. Accurate copies of many of the 
inscriptions, for which there is not room here, are in the 
writer's possession. 



^tmals 0f % ^mw\m. 



[Many particulars recorded in the preceding 
pages are here repeated, or referred to, in chrono- 
logical order.] 



The following early mention of this part of Ireland may 
prove interesting to the reader ; — 

A.M. 

2820, "The Annals of Clonmacnoise, after detailing the mi- 
gration of Parthalon from Greece to Ireland, thus describe 
the plague which destroyed his colony on the plain of 
Dublin; — 269 years after its arrival, when 'ail that then 
remained alive of them, to the number of 9,008 persons, 
from the first Monday in May untill the next Monday after, 
died of a sudaine infection, upon the plaine of Moynealta. 
It was called Moynealta, because all the foule in the king- 
dom for the most part gathered themselves there to sun 
themselves.' This plain of Magh-Nealta must have 
included the strand of Clontarf, the mouth of the Liffey, 
and as far as Blackrock, along the shore, and extended 
back into the old plain of the flocks, stretching along the 
valley of the Liffey, and southward to Tallaght." — " Re- 
port of the Census Commissioners " (1851), Part V., vol. 
i. p. 41. 



1173. Richard (Strongbow) Earl of Pembroke gaveDovenal- 
broc (Donnybrook), with other lands, to Walter de Rid- 
dlesford, Baron of Bray. — Rot. in Cane. Hib. 

1178. About this time Archbishop O'Toole confirmed the 
townland of Simmonscourt, inter alia, to the cathedral of 
Christ Church. 



60 APPENDIX. 



1192. In the charter of King John (then Lord of Ireland) to 
the city of Dublin, the river Dodder is mentioned as the 
" Dother," and its course from Donnybrook to the sea 
prescribed as a part of the boundaries of the liberties of 
the city. See Note (w). 

12 — . Pope Innocent III., in the beginning of the thirteenth 
century, confirmed to St. Patrick's Cathedral the tithes of 
the land in Donnybrook previously granted by King John 
to the citizens of Dublin. 

1204. King John granted to the corporation of Dublin license 
for an annual eight-day fair at Donnybrook, commencing 
on the day of the finding of the Holy Cross (3rd May), 
with similar stallages and tolls as established in Water- 
ford and Limerick. The greater part of the lands of Don- 
nybrook were at this date the property of Henry de 
Vernuil. (Rot. in Turr. Lond.) See Note (y). 

1228-55. The church of Donnybrook, dedicated to St. Mary, 
and (as appears from an award of Archbishop Comyn, 
1181-1212) a member of Taney, was for a time disunited 
therefrom, and conferred by Archbishop Luke upon his 
chaplain, William de Romney. The same prelate afterwards 
reduced it to the condition of a chapelry, and made it sub- 
servient to Taney, and consequently to the archdeaconry 
of Dublin. — Repert. Virid. Alani. 

1234. Between 1186 and this year, the priory of All-Hallows 
received, with other grants, forty acres of land in the terri- 
tory of Dovenachbroc (Donnybrook) towards the north ; 
the Canons to pay yearly 1 lb of pepper for pottage. This 
pound of pepper, and all hereditary rights belonging to 
the land, were afterwards assigned by John de Hoethe, 
jun., to Sir Robert Bagod, 

1252. King Henry III., by charter, extended the duration of 
Donnybrook Fair to fifteen days, and changed the day of 
its commencement to the 7th of July ; which was further 
altered to the 10th of the same month, and by a subse- 
quent charter fixed to the 26th of August. 

1280. Soon after the Invasion, "the rath near Dovenad- 
broc " was given to Theobald Walter, the first Butler ; 
and in 1280 the manor of " Rath " was granted to Sir Ro- 
bert le Bagod, with the water of the Dodder hence to the 
sea, and the commons of the woods of Maynooth. This 



ANNALS. 61 



grant, however, was contested by the Butlers down to the 
year 1320. (Rot. in Cane. Hib.) The above-named Sir 
Robert granted to the nunnery of St. Mary de Hogges 
three acres of Bagotrath, as it was then called, in exchange 
for a messuage and curtilage in the suburbs of Dublin, be- 
longing to said nunnery ; the Prioress thereof also rendering 
to him and his heirs a pair of gloves, or threepence, in 
lieu of all services. For some particulars of this nunnery, 
&c, see Gilbert's " History of Dublin," vol. iii. p. 2. 

13 — . In the fourteenth century the Fitzwilliam family were 
seised of a carucate in Donnybrook, but the manor was 
in the Powers ; one of whom, Eustace le Poer, aliened it 
to the Archbishop of Dublin without the royal license, but 
was pardoned on account of his great services against the 
O'Byrnes and other Irish enemies in Leinster. — Rot. in 
Cane. Hib. 

1331. In this and the foregoing year, when a grievous famine 
afflicted all Ireland, the citizens of Dublin received, about 
the 24th of June, an unexpected relief at the mouth of the 
Dodder, where a prodigious number of large fish called Tur- 
lehydes were cast ashore. "They were from thirty to forty 
feet long, and so bulky, that two tall men placed one on 
each side of the fish could not see one another. The Lord 
Justice, Sir Anthony Lucy, with his servants and many of 
the citizens of Dublin, killed above two hundred of them, 
and gave leave to the poor to carry them away at their 
pleasure '' (Harris's " History of Dublin/' p. 265). These 
Turlehydes, or Thurlheads, were probably the species of 
cetacea known as the bottle-nozed whale. We read in 
Stow's " Chronicle," under a.d. 1532, that two great fishes 
called Hurlepooles (probably the same description of 
animal) were taken in the Thames; and in a.d. 1552 
they are styled in the same work Whirlepooles. See 
"Report of the Census Commissioners" (1851), Part V., 
vol. i. p. 84. 

1373. On the occasion of convening the great council to be 
held in Dublin, the Sheriff" was directed to summon, with 
others, John Cruys, of Meryon. 

1374. By a royal mandate of this year, William Fitzwil- 
liam was removed from the custody of the manor and 
castle of Bagotrath, which had been the property, as the 
writ recites, of William Bagot, and the same were com- 



62 APPENDIX. 



initted to the Bishop of Meath. (Rot. in Cane. Hib.) 
From this time the Bagot family have had no connexion, 
save in the name, with this locality. 

1389. In this year William Fitzwilliam and John Cruys, 
with others, were appointed Guardians of the Peace in the 
county of Dublin; with which authority the former was 
solely invested in 1391. 

1392. By writ reciting an ordinance of Parliament, to pre- 
vent merchants from buying up for the foreign markets 
falcons, " austercos vel trecellos," in Ireland, John Cruys, of 
Meryon, was appointed to inquire into any violation of the 
order. (Rot. Pat. in Cane. Hib.) This member of the 
Cruise family was then seised of the manors of Merrion, 
Thorncastle, Kilsallaghan, &c. ; very soon after which the 
former two passed to the Fitzwilliams. 

1394. In this year, and in 1397, William Fitzwilliam was 
Sheriff of the county of Dublin, and had the custody of the 
Staines ("between the site of the present College-grounds 
and the sea "), in order to preserve the watercourse free and 
clean for the benefit of the citizens. He died in 1397. 

1399. By a writ reciting that, whereas John Cruys, "che- 
valer," who had been summoned to a great council in 
1394, held 160 acres at Thorncastle, the rent of which to 
the Crown he was unable to discharge, by reason of the 
premises being subject to be burned and laid waste by 
adjoining Irish enemies of the mountains, it was thereupon 
directed that he should be exempted from any such pay- 
ments during his life. An inquisition of 1407 finds that 
he died seised, in his own right and in right of his wife, of 
the manors of Merrion, etc., of which Thomas, their son 
and heir, afterwards became possessed. 

1403. Sir Edward Perrers and Johanna, his wife, obtained a 
grant of Bagotrath, stated to be within the liberties of 
Dublin, and to be thenceforth held of the Mayor and 
Commons of that city. — Rot. in Cane. Hib. 

1408. Henry Fitzwilliam and two more, by royal mandate, 
were directed to levy " smok-silver " (i.e., one penny for 
each house through which smoke passed) over the county 
of Dublin. 

1418. The Prior of All-Hallows was seised of certain lands 
and tenements in Donnybrook and Baldoyle. — King's 
MSS. 



ANNALS. 63 



1420. King Henry V. granted to Hugh Burgh the custody 
of the manor of Thorncastle, and all its appurtenances in 
Merrion, Ballyboother, Donnybrook, and elsewhere, in the 
county of Dublin, as lately held by James Fitzwilliam, 
deceased. 

1432. Eichard Fitzwilliam was living at Donnybrook in 
this year. 

1442. Philip Fitzwilliam, presumed to be the son of the 
above-named Richard, was living at Meryong at this 
date ; and in 1446, being one of the Counsellors to Richard 
Duke of York, had a remittal of all the chief rent he was 
to pay the King, during life. Henry VI. granted him a 
sum of money out of the crown-rents, which he was to 
pay for his manor of Thorncastle, in order to enable him 
to rebuild a fort there, which had been destroyed by the 
Irish in 1437. 

1488. By an act of the Parliament of Drogheda, in which 
the bounds of " the four obedient shires," constituting the 
Pale, were traced, the following relates to Dublin : — 
" From Merryon, inclusive, to the water of the Dodder, by 
the new ditch to Sagganl, Rathcoole, Kilhell, Rathmore, 
and Ballymore, &c. Thence to the county of Kildare, 
into Ballycutlan, Harristown, and Naas ; and so thence to 
Clane, Kilboyne, and Kilcock, in such manner that the 
towns of Dalkey, Carrickbrennan, Newtown, Rochestown, 
Clonken, Sraethistown, Ballyboteer (Booterstown), with 
Thorncastle and Bullock, were in Dublin- shire." 

1488. The form of " riding the franchises," as the same wa3 
done on the 4th September in this year, taken from the 
White Book of Christ Church, is given in Whitelaw and 
Walsh's " History of Dublin," vol. i. pp. 95-98. 

1511. Thomas Fitzwilliam, of Meryon, Brey, and Bagot- 
rath, was Sheriff of the county of Dublin, in 1511 (3 
Henry VIII.), and is proved by inquisition to have died 
in 1529. 

1535. Sir Nicholas Fitzwilliam (third son of William Fitz- 
william, of Meryon) was Treasurer of St. Patrick's Ca- 
thedral ; which dignity he held until its suppression in 
1546, when he was granted by King Edward VI. a 
a pension for life of £66 13s. 4d., Irish. 

1538. In a list of the lands and possessions of the late dis- 



64 APPENDIX. 



solved monastery of All-Hallows, which remains in the 
Chief Remembrancer's Office, mention is made of " forty 
acres of land with their appurtenances in Donabrook." — 
Whitelaw and Walsh's " History of Dublin," vol. i. 
p. 412. 

1542. Sir Thomas, son of Richard Fitzwilliam, had livery of 
seisin of all the manors, &c, of Dundrum and Thorn- 
castle, and all messuages and other possessions in Dun- 
drum, Thorncastle, Bally bot (Booterstown), and Ovenis- 
ton. For some particulars of him, see Archdall's " Lodge's 
Peerage of Ireland," vol. iv. p. 312. 

1546. At the time of the dissolution of St. Patrick's Cathe- 
dral, which happened in this year, the Archdeacon of 
Dublin had, with other tithes, those of Donabroke, extend- 
ing over the townlands of Donabroke, Meryon, Smothes- 
cort, Balesclatter, the lands of All- Hallows, and Bagotrath, 
besides a mansion and three stangs of arable land. His 
(William Power's) possessions being confiscated in like 
manner with those of the other members of the Chapter, 
the parish of Donabroke was leased to John Sharpe (Rot. 
Pipss). "Donabroke demesne," belonging to the Rector, 
was worth 3s. 4d. per annum ; and the tithes, together 
with the tithes of fish, alterages, and oblations (besides 
the Curate's stipend and repair of the chancel), £15 : 
total, £15 3s. 4d.— Monck Mason's "History of St. 
Patrick's Cathedral," p. 46. 

1565. Sir Henry Sydney, Lord Deputy, having landed at 
Dalkey, proceeded the next morning to the house of 
Thomas Fitzwilliam, of Meryon, whence he made his so- 
lemn entry into Dublin. — Harris's " History of Dublin," 
p. 35. 

1578. Sir Thomas Fitzwilliam, of Bagotrath and Meryon, 
had a grant of the monastery of Holmpatrick, with its 
possessions therein fully detailed, including eight cottages, 
131a. arable, 12a. meadow, 18a. pasture and furze, and 
the custom of the said cottages in the town of Holmpa- 
trick, being the demesne- lands of said priory, &c. He died 
9th November, 1592. 

1580. Henry Ussher, D.D., was in this year appointed 
Archdeacon of Dublin, and consequently Rector of Donny- 
brook, &c. In 1595 he became Archbishop of Armagh; 
but continued to hold the archdeaconry in commendam. 



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until his death in 1613. Donnybrook, therefore, was held 
for twenty-three years by one of the Primates of all Ire- 
land. 
1582. A grant of certain dues of the port of Dublin for 
eighty-one years, by lease from the Corporation, was made 
to Nicholas Ball, in consideration of which he was to build 
a tower at Ringsend, like Maiden Tower in Drogheda, and 
to keep perches in the river. 

1592. Sir Richard Fitzwilliam, of Meryon, who succeeded 
his father in this year, was Constable of the castle of 
Wykynglow (Wicklow), and Lord Warden of the marches 
of Leinster, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth ; and brought 
two archers on horseback to the general hosting at Tarah, 
24th September, 1593. He died 5th March, 1595, 
being seised of Bagotrath, &c. 

16 — . A Manuscript Book of Obits in Trinity College, Dub- 
lin (F. 4, 18), contains links of the pedigree of the 
O'Maddens, of Bagotrath, through six generations of the 

16th and 17th centuries D'Altons " King James's Irish 

Army List," p. 519. 

1602. The form of " riding the franchises," as the same was 
done this year, is given in Whitelaw and Walsh's " His- 
tory of Dublin," vol. i. pp. 98-103. " The modern manner 
of surveying and perambulating the city liberties every 
third year" is given in pp. 103-105. See also Notes and 
Queries, 2nd S., viii. 295. 

1605. To Sir William Ussher, of Donnybrook, and his son, 
Arthur, was granted, 28th June (3 James I.), the office 
of Constable of the castle of Wicklow, and of the other 
places to said castle belonging: which office " had been 
granted on 16th Feb., 39 Eliz., to William Ussher, who 
surrendered same, and pra} T ed that it might be granted to 
him and his son." — Erck's " Repertory of Patent Rolls of 
Chancery," vol. i. p. 261. 

1610. Sir Thomas Fitzwilliam, of Meryon, who had succeeded 
his father in 1595, and was knighted in 1608, suffered a 
recovery of Booterstown, two messuages, and 140a., &c. ; 
all which he held of the King in capite. 

1615. The regal visitation of this year reports the rectory of 
Donnybrook as appertaining to the archdeaconry of Dublin, 
and that the church and chancel were in good repair. 

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66 APPENDIX. 



1618. " Jame3 Crelie, of Newrie, drowned in the Harboroughe 
of Dublin, about the Ringsende," 2nd April. — Funeral 
Entries, Ulster Office, vol. iii. p. 73. 

1628. Arthur Ussher, of Donnybrook, elder son and heir of 
Sir William Ussher (jointly with whom he had been 
appointed Clerk of the Council General of Ireland in 
1603), was " drowned in Donabrook river " (the Dodder), 

of Monday, 2nd March Dan. Molyneux's MSS. in 

Trinity College, Dublin (F. 3, 27, p. 14). 

1629. Sir Thomas Fitzwilliam, created Viscount Fitzwilliam, 
of Meryon, and Baron Fitzwilliam, of Thorncastle, 5th 
August, with the annual creation fee of £13 6s. 8d., pay- 
able out of the customs of the port of Dublin. The patent 
for his English earldom, granted in 1645, was not per- 
fected. 

1635. Nicholas Fitzwilliam, of Holmpatrick and Balldungan, 
in the county of Dublin, died 5th December, and " was 
buried with his ancestors in the church of Donnybrooke." 

1640. An act of Parliament was sought, for confirming the 
possessions of the Dean and Chapter of Christ Church in 
Simmonscourt ; but it was resisted by the Lord of Merrion, 
as prejudicial to his right in a moiety of said lands in fee- 
simple by ancient inheritance, and in the other moiety by 
lease. The proposed bill was thereupon thrown out. 

1642. Sir Simon Harcourt marched against the castle of 
Carrickmayne (Carrickmines), to dislodge its Irish garri- 
son. He was shot in the attack, and died the following 
day at Lord Fitzwilliam 's house in Merrion, whither he 
had been with difficulty removed. — Borlase's " History of 
the Irish Rebellion," p. 97 (Dublin, 1743). 

1646. The Parliamentary forces landed at Ringsend, 14th 
November. 

1649. According to Boate's " Ireland's Natural History," 
p. 60 (London, 1652), Mr. John Ussher, father of Sir 
Win. Ussher, though in the presence of many of his friends 
on both sides of the river, was drowned in crossing the 
Dodder. But there must be an error in this statement, 
Alderman John Ussher (to whose munificence and reli- 
gious zeal we owe the publication, in 1571, of the first 
book ever printed in the Irish language, and who was Sir 



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William's father) having died 1st May, 1600. (Elring- 
ton's " Life of Archbishop Ussher," Appendix 1, p. x ; 
and Gilbert's " History of Dublin," vol. i. p. 882.) 
Arthur Ussher, Sir William's elder son, was drowned in 
the DoddVr, as already stated, in 1628. 

1649. In the immediate vicinity of Bal'sbridge, and on the 
right of the road from Dublin, stood Bagotrath Castle, 
which was seized during the night by the forces of the 
Marquess of Ormonde, on his meditated investiture of the 
city in this year ; but soon aft^r daybreak the next morn- 
ing, the assailants were driven out by the garrison of 
Dublin, and completely defeated. In 1651 the Castle was 
taken by storm by Oliver Cromwell. All remains of it 
have long since disappeared ; and within the last few years 
several handsome houses have been erected on its site. 

1649. Oliver Cromwell, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, landed 
at Ringsend, 14th August, with 8,000 foot, 4,000 horse, a 
formidable train of artillery, and all other necessaries of 
war. Here Henry Cromwell also subsequently landed, 
" Upon his arrival in the bay of Dublin, the men-of-war 
that accompanied him, and other ships in the harbour, 
rung such a peal with their cannon, as if some great good 
news had been coming to us ; and though the usual land- 
ing for those who came in ships of war was near my house 
[at Monkstown], yet he and his company went up in boats 
to the Ringsend ; where they went ashore, and were met 
there by most of the officers, civil and militiary, about the 
town." — Ludlow's " Memoirs/' vol. ii. p, 86 (Edinburgh, 
1751). 

1650. About this year the first bridge over the Dodder at 
Ringsend was erected, when it singularly occurred, that 
the bridge was scarcely finished, and a safe passage effected 
over this heretofore dangerous stream, than it suddenly 
altered its channel, leaving the bridge on dry ground and 
useless ; "in which perverse course," says Boate, "it con- 
tinued, until perforce it was constrained to return to its old 
channel, and to keep within tiie same." — " Ireland's Natu- 
ral History," p. 60. 

1654. A survey of this date represents " Butterstown " as 
containing 240a., of which 200a. were arable, 35a. pas- 
ture, and 5a. meadow, the property of Sir William Reeves, 
of Rathsallagh, an English Protestant, by virtue of a 



68 APPENDIX. 



mortgage from the Lord of Merrion, " an Irish papist ;" 
that there was on the grounds a castle in repair ; that the 
premises were a manor, with courts leet and baron ; and 
that the tithes belonged to Christ Church. 

1654. A survey of this date states that Merrion had been the 
property of the Lord of Merrion ; that the premises were 
an old decayed castle and an extensive burrow ; that said 
premises constituted a manor, with courts leet and baron ; 
and that the tithes belonged to the College of Dublin. 

1654. A survey of this date makes Simmonscourt to contain 
110a., of which 80a. were arable, 20a. meadow, and 10a. 
pasture ; that it had been the property of the Lord of 
Merrion ; and that the tithes belonged to the College of 
Dublin. 

1657. Sir William Ussher, of Donnybrook, Clerk of the 
Council, died in this year, though Lewis, in his " Topo- 
graphical Dictionary of Ireland,'' vol. ii. p. 516, falling 
into the error of Messrs. Whitelaw and Walsh, makes 
him to have been drowned in the Dodder in 1649. In his 
house in Dublin, in 1602, had been printed the first Irish 
version of the New Testament. See Gilbert's " History of 
Dublin," vol. i. p. 385. 

1660. At this time, the Archdeacon of Dublin's glebe in Don- 
nybrook was one park and three stangs, demised to Mr. 
William Scott. 

1663. Oliver, second Viscount Fitzwilliam, of Merrion, 
created Earl of Tyrconnel by patent, dated 20 th April, 
1663 ; or rather 1661, as we find him Earl of Tyrconnel 
29th July in that year, and 9th July, 1662, he took his 

seat by proxy in the House of Peers Lords' Jour. i. 

274, 317. 

1664. " Ringsend and out-Liberties," as stated in an old MS. 
document in the writer's possession, relative to Hearth- 
Money in Dublin, 1664-5, were charged £16 10s. for 165 
chimneys. 

1666. In a grant of 178a. statute measure, part of Simmons- 
court, to the Earl of Tyrconnel, the rights of the Dean and 
Chapter of Christ Church were especially saved. 

1666. His Majesty's patent, bearing date 8th June, 1664, 
and containing a gracious pardon to the Earl of Tyrcon- 



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nel for all crimes, treasons, &c., committed before the 29th 
December, 1660, in relation to any war in England and 
Ireland, and a clause of restitution to his estate, having 
been confirmed, he passed patent accordingly, 11th July, 
1666, for Ringsend, Merrion, &c. ; and that year made a 
settlement thereof to the use of himself and his Countess 
Eleanor, for their respective lives ; remainder to their heirs 
male ; remainder to his brother William for life ; remain- 
der to Thomas, son of the said William, and his heirs 
male; with other remainders over. — Archdall's " Lodge's 
Peerage of Ireland," vol. iv. p. 317, n. 

1667. Oliver Earl of Tyrconnel buried in the churchyard of 
Donnybrook, 12th April. See Note (bb). The earldom 
became extinct ; but in his other titles he was succeeded 
by his brother William, third Viscount Fitzwilliam, of 
Merrion, who died before the year 1681, and was succeeded 
by his only son Thomas. The King granted to the Earl's 
widow an abatement of quit- rents and a pension of £300 
a year for life. 

1670. A great storm happening at new moon, in the month 
of March, the tide overflowed the banks of the Dodder at 
Ringsend, flooded up to the College, and very high into 
the city ; some houses were swept down, and many cellars 
and warehouses laid under water. 

1670. John Lord Berkeley, Baron of Stratton, Lord Lieu- 
tenant of Ireland, landed at Ringsend, 21st April. 

1674. Proposal made to form a harbour at Ringsend. — Yar- 
ranton's "England's Improvement by Sea and Land," 
pp. 151-155 (London, 1677). 

1684. The glebe of Donnybrook defined in a lease of this 
date, as adjoining the churchyard on the north side, and 
containing half an acre. 

1690. King James II. visited Ringsend. See Note (ff). 

1691. December 5th, when De Ginckel was departing for 
England, the Lords Justices, and most of the nobility and 
gentry in and about Dublin, accompanied him to Rings- 
end Story's "Impartial History of the Wars of Ire- 
land," Part ii. p. 288. 

1697. About this time the corporation of Dublin conveyed 
their right of holding a fair at Donnybrook to the Ussher 
family. 



70 APPENDIX. 



1698. "Abram le Grove executed and hung in irons below 
Ringsend, for a horrid murder he committed on a Dutch 
skipper," 7th February. — " Chronological Remembrancer." 

1703. The inhabitants of Ringsend having become numerous 
by the accession of many officers of the port, seamen, and 
strangers, and being not only distant from Donnybrook, 
their parish church, but prevented from resorting thither 
by tides and waters overflowing the highway, an Act was 
passed, on the application of the Archbishop and Archdea- 
con of Dublin, authorising Thomas Lord Viscount Mer- 
rion to convey any quantity of land, not exceeding two 
acres, for a church and churchyard for their accommoda- 
tion; and the Archbishop was empowered to apply £100 
out of the forfeited tithes towards building same. (2 
Anne, c. xi. s. 8) The endowment afterwards took effect 
in the adjacent village of Irishtown Strangely enough, 
almost every one who has written about Irishtown Church, 
has stated that it was built "for the use of the garrison of 
Pigeon-house " (or in such like words) ; whereas, though 
the exact date of its erection is not known, the former build- 
ing preceded the latter by little less than a ceutury. 

1704. Thomas, fourth Viscount Fitzwilliam, of Merrion, 
who had been outlawed as a supporter of King James 
II., but whose outlawry was reversed, died 20th February, 
and was succeeded by his only son Richard, fifth Viscount, 
who conformed to the Established religion in 1710, and 
whose elder daughter Mary was married, in 1733, to Henry 
Earl of Pembroke. 

1709. Thomas Earl of Wharton, Lord Lieutenant of Ire- 
land, landed at Ringsend, 21st April. 

1711. About this year, agreeably to a plan suggested by a 
Mr. Corneille, and also in consequence of an opinion of 
Captain Burgh, his Majesty's Surveyor- General, a new 
channel for the river Liffey was made between the city 
and Ringsend. " While these works were going on, a 
proposal was made in the year 1713, by Captain John 
Perry, for the improvement of the harbour : his plan was 
to make a low wharf or pier of drift-work, from Irishtown 
to the outermost point of the South Bull, and to make a 
dam from the Ringsend to the high lands on the north 
side, to pen the water of the Liffey and Dodder to some- 
what above the high water of a spring tide, with a stone 



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sluice in the embankment to admit vessels into the basin. 
This plan does not seem to have been attended to. . . . 
It seems, however, pretty evident from the works which 
were afterwards carried into execution, that the low pier 
of drift-work recommended by him was the principle on 
which they proceeded." — " Reports on Dublin Harbour " 
(1800-2), p. 63. 

1712. The extant parish registers of Donnybrook commence 
with this year. The earliest book is entitled " An Ac- 
count of the Marriages, Christnings, and Burialls, of the 
Protestants [and others] within the Parish of Donebroke, 
since March the 27th, 1712. George Fitzgerald, Clerke. 
This Book was boght at the Parish-charge. Mr. Patrick 
Kelley and Mr. Thomas Freeman, Churchwardens." See 
Note\t). 

1714. About this year surveys were ordered relative to the 
propriety of piling below Ringsend ; and in consequence 
thereof, the preparatory work was soon after begun, by 
sinking wicker-work kishes filled with stones : and in 
1717 the piling commenced. 

1715. From the following entry in the parish register of 
Donnybrook, the Rev. Walter Thomas, who was Curate of 
the parish in the same year, would appear to have had 
some connexion with St. Matthew's, Ringsend : — " Sep. 
1st, 1715, Mr. Lewis bought of the Rev. Walter Thomas 
his seat in the Chappie of St. Mathew's in Irishtown," 
etc., for £4. Mr. Thomas was perhaps the Minister of 
St. Matthew's before it was endowed in 1723, the yearly 
expenses having been defrayed by a tax levied on every 
sailor who crossed Dublin Bar. 

1716. "Buried, Madam Cleton, in the Chancell of Done- 
brook," 1st February— [? the mother of Bishop Clayton, 
who was buried in 1758.] — Donnybrook Parish Register. 

1719. "July 27th. It is agreed on between Mr. Thomas 
Thomas, of Donebrook, and Mr. Thomas Wilkinson, of 
Ringsend, Churchwardens for the ensuing year, dividing 
£60 sterling between them, y* is to say, thirty-seven 
pounds sterling on the upper ward or country part of the 
parish of Donebrook, and twenty-three pounds sterling on 
Ringsend and Irishtown, being the lower ward." — Donny- 
brook Parish Register. 



72 APPENDIX. 



1719. Charles Whittingham, D.D., appointed to the arch- 
deaconry of Dublin in December, 1719, on the resignation 
of Archdeacon Dougatt ; and died in 1743. His name 
appears in almost every page of the parish register of 
Donnybrook during his incumbency ; and he probably re- 
sided constantly in the glebe-house in the village of 
Donnybrook. This house, situated at one end of Church- 
lane (which in former days was the resort of many of the 
beau monde of Dublin, and from which was the entrance to 
the churchyard), was subsequently well known as the Rose- 
tavern, the " Salt-hill " of its day : in later times it dege- 
nerated into a public-house ; but happily it is once more 
a private dwelling, though one of an humble character. 
"Buried, Madam Whittingham, Sept. 13th, 1731."— 
Donnybrook Parish Register. 

1723. A King's Letter issued (10 Geo. I.) " for establishing a 
minister at Ringsend," 23rd May; and the Rev. "John 
Buherean " (or Boherean, as in the attested copy of his 
appointment in the possession of the present Chaplain, 
Dr. Wall) appointed " to the ministry or curacy of the 
chapel in Ringsend." (" Liber Munerum," Part v. 
p. 142.) "Buherean" is evidently a misprint for Buhe- 
reau, al. Bohereau, al. Borough ; the last being the form 
of the name on his tombstone. He died in 172G, and (as 
stated in the parish register of Donnybrook) was buried, 
11th May, in the churchyard of St Matthew's, Ringsend. 
A writer in the Christian Examiner (March, 1857) refers 
to some interesting French MSS., which were placed in 
Abp. Marsh's Library, Dublin, by the Rev, Elias Bohereau, 
D.D., Precentor of St. Patrick's Cathedral, and the first 
Librarian, who died in 1719 ; and states that he has 
" heard it asserted that Sir E. Borough [of Dublin] is a 
descendant of the Rev. Elias Bohereau," who was a French 
refugee, and whose third son was the Rev. John Borough, 
of Ringsend. See " Burke's Baronetage." 

1726. The Rev. Michael Hartlib (not Isaac Hartlitt, as he 
is called by Mr. D' Alton), Rector of Killary, or Killarvey, 
in the diocese of Meath (1703), appointed to the chap- 
laincy of St. Matthew's, Ringsend, 1st June, on the death 
of the Rev. John Borough. Mr. Hartlib died in 1741, 
and was buried in St. Bridget's churchyard, Dublin, 26th 
August (Parish Registtr of St. Bridget's). His burial is 
recorded likewise in the parish register of Donnybrook. 



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1726. The bay of Dublin witnessed a very memorable scene, 
when Dean Swift, on his return to Ireland in the month of 
August, was received with all the honours which the 
" Drapier's Letters " had earned for him, and brought to 
his landing-place in triumph. 

1726. According to Dr. Threlkeld, a broad-leaved variety of 
the absinthium maritimum was found between Merrion and 
Blackrock. The country people in his time [1726] made 
the common kind into sheaves, and brought it to Dublin, 
where it was used in brewing an ale called purl. — " Sy- 
nopsis Stirpium Hibernicarum," sub voce. 

1726. Eighteen persons, men, women, and children, drowned 
near Ringsend, by the oversetting of a boat " Chronolo- 
gical Remembrancer." 

1728. Mr. John Day, one of the Churchwardens of Donny- 
brook for this year, was unable to write, as appears from 
"his mark" in the parish register! His case, we have 
every reason to believe, was singular. 

1728. A reference to Brooking's curious " Map of the City 
and Suburbs of Dublin," published in this year, will show 
that very great changes have taken place in Irishtown 
and the neighbouring districts during the last century. 

1729. William King, D.D., Archbishop of Dublin, buried 
in the churchyard of Donnybrook, on the north side,. 
10th May. See Note (u). For some particulars respect- 
ing portraits of him, see Bishop Mant's " History of the 
Church of Ireland," vol. ii. p. 496 ; or, Wills' " Lives of 
Illustrious and Distinguished Irishmen," vol. iv. p. 308. 

1729. Ringsend-bridge rebuilt. 

1730. "Buried, Robert Dougket, Late AD.," 13th August 
(Donnybrook Parish Register). Robert Dougatt, A.M., 
was appointed to the archdeaconry of Dublin in 1715, 
which he resigned in 1719 ; and became Precentor of St. 
Patrick's, and Keeper of Abp. Marsh's Library, on the 
death of Dr. Bohereau in that year. He was nephew to 
Archbishop King — Cotton's " Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae," 
vol. ii. pp. 112, 130. 

1732. "Married [in Donnybrook Church] Jeffery Foot and 
Jane Lundy, 13th April." Alderman Lundy Foot was 
baptized 21st April, 1735, and buried 5th January, 1805. 
— Donnybrook Parish Register. 



74 



APPENDIX. 



1733. Sir Edward Lovet Pearce, M.P., buried in the church- 
yard of Donnybrook, 10th December. There also was 
interred, 20th January, 1738, his brother, the Right Hon. 
Lieut.- General Thomas Pearce, who " was at once Go- 
vernor, Mayor, and Representative in Parliament, of the 
city of Limerick ;" and Lady Pearce, 17th July, 1749 
{Donnybrook Parish Register). See Note Qj). 

1735. A light- ship, being a small sloop, with a lantern at 
her mast-head, was placed at the end of the Piles, near to 
the situation of the present Lighthouse. 

1737. " Buried, William Jones, of Brickfield," 24th July 
{Donnybrook Parish Register). In Rocque's "Plan of 
the City of Dublin and the Environs," published not many 
years after this date, " Brickfield Town" and the " Con- 
niveing House " appear where Sandy mount now is ; and in 
his "Actual Survey of the Environs of the City of Dublin" 
(first sheet), we find, inter aim, " Black Rock Avenue" 
(now the Cross-avenue) ; " Merrion Lane" (now Booters- 
town-avenue) and the "Mass House; 1 ' "Lord Merrion's 
Brick Fields ;" and " The Piles," with the Light-ship, &c. 
These maps contain some curious particulars, and^deserve 
a careful inspection. 

1737. William Duke of Devonshire, Lord Lieutenant of 
Ireland, landed at Ringsend, 7th September. 

1740. " The strand in the neighbourhood of Irishtown was 
famous for the quantities of shrimps caught there ; but 
the great frost of 1740 destroyed them, and the few that 
are now [1776] found are neither so large or delicate." 
— Exshaivs Magazine. 

1740. About this year the factory at Ballsbridge, for print- 
ing linen, calico, and cotton, was opened. It was subse- 
quently much extended and improved by Messrs. Duffy & 
Co. ; but for several years past it has been discontinued, 
and the buildings applied to other uses. 

1741. The Rev. Isaac Mann, D.D., appointed to the chaplaincy 
of St. Matthew's, Ringsend, 4th November, on the death 
of the Rev. Michael Hartlib. He held at the same time 
the rectory of Killary, or Killarvey, in the diocese of Meath. 
In 1757 he became Archdeacon of Dublin; and in 1772 

was raised to the bishoprick of Cork and Ross Cotton's 

" Fasti Ecclesise Hibernicse," vol. ii. p. 131. 



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1742. ' ; Buried, Henry Lord Power, in y e Vault of St. 
Mathew's Chappel [Ringsend], May 6th " {Donnybrook 
Parish Register). " This individual," as Mr. D'Altou 
writes, " but for the effect of attainders, was the Lord 
Power of Curraghmore, and should be commemorated by 
the Waterford family, who enjoy what were once the 
estates of the Poers. His name you will find in the Civil 
Establishment of 1727, for an annuity of £550, although 
the Irish Parliament had objected to the grant. He had 
claimed the estate of Curraghmore, as heir male of [James 
Earl of Tyrone] the father of Lady Catharine Poer, who 
on her marriage had brought over that property to Sir 
Marcus Beresford [afterwards created Earl of Tyrone] ; 
but of course he failed in his suit." For particulars of the 
family, see ArchdalFs " Lodge's Peerage of Ireland," vol. ii. 
p. 303. See also Notes and Queries, 2nd S., viii. 518. 

1742. " Buried, Frances Trotter, in the Cabbage Garden 
[near St. Kevin's Church, Dublin, and long a favourite 
place of burial with the Wesley ans], 10th December." — 
Donnybrook Parish Register. 

1743. Richard, fifth Viscount Fitzwilliam, of Merrion, who 
had succeeded his father in 1704, died at Thorpe, in Sur- 
rey, 6th June. 

1744. "Buried, Governor Richd. Fitzwilliams " (?), 18th 
May. — Donnybrook Parish Register. 

1746. Archdeacon Pococke (a learned man and accomplished 
traveller, and subsequently Bishop of Meath) held a Visi- 
tation in St. Patrick's Cathedral, " which perhaps is the 
latest of such visitations on record in Ireland." 

1747. " Buried, Lady Newport," 28th February {Donny- 
brook Parish Register), She was the daughter and co- 
heiress of Anderson, Esq., of Worcestershire: and 

became the wife of Robert Lord Newport, who was Lord 
Chancellor of Ireland, and twelve times sworn one of the 
Lords Justices, and died " in the government," 3rd De- 
cember, 1756, having been advanced to the dignity of 
Viscount Jocelyn in the preceding year. Lady Newport 
died 23rd February, 1747, being the mother of Robert, 
afterwards first Earl of Roden. In the same register is 
recorded the burial, loth July, 1762, of Lieut.-Colonel 
George Jocelyn, who was wounded at the battle of Fonte- 
noy in 1745, was appointed Deputy- Governor of Carlisle, 



76 APPENDIX. 



and died at Leixlip, unmarried, 14th July ; and also that 
of John Jocelyn, Esq., an officer in the army, who died 
suddenly in Dublin, 16th December, 1765, aged 45, and 
was buried two days after " in the family-vault at Irish- 
town." — Archdall's " Lodge's Peerage of Ireland," vol. iii. 
pp. 268, 269. 

1748. " Buried, July ye 23, Lord Mayo's Son" (Donnyhrodk 
Parish Register). This was Sir Aylmer Bourke, only 
son of John, eighth Viscount Mayo, by Catharine, daugh- 
ter of Major Whitgift Aylmer, descended from Dr. John 
Aylmer, Bishop of London, and from Dr. John Whitgift, 
Archbishop of Canterbury, both in the reign of Queen 
Elizabeth. He was born 17th November, 1743 ; died 
21st July, 1748 ; and two days after "was buried in the 
church of Irishtown, near Dublin." — Archdall's " Lodge's 
Peerage of Ireland," vol. iv. p. 249. 

1748. Henry Ussher granted several denominations of land 
at Donnybrook, together with the Green, to Catherine 
Downes, in fee, excepting and reserving unto said Henry 
Ussher, his heirs and assigns, the benefit and profit of 
holding the yearly fair in the usual place. Ulysses de 
Burgh, Lord Downes, is the present proprietor in fee of the 
ground. 

1748. The South- wall, nearly three English miles and a- half 
in length, commenced in this year, and finally completed 
in 1796. It was carried as far as the site of the Pigeon- 
house within the first seven years. See Note (ee). 

1750 Proposals were issued in Dublin for publishing an 
English, Irish, and Latin Dictionary, by a Mr. Crab, of 
Ringsend; but the book was never printed. " Finding 
its way into the library of the late General Vallancey, it 
was purchased, when his books were sold, at the price of 
forty guineas, for a gentleman of Irish birth, the Rev. 
Dr. Adam Clarke" (Anderson's " Sketches of the Native 
Irish," p. 98). Is this to be identified with " General 
Vallancey's Gaelic Dictionary," 2 vols., folio ? These vo- 
lumes were sold in 1836, on Dr. Clarke's death, for 
£52 10s., to Mr. Thorpe, of London; being "one of the 
most important manuscripts on the ancient Irish language 
extant, and on which the indefatigable and enthusiastic 
author spent upwards of thirty years." The annexed note 
is from the inside of the cover of the first volume : — 



ANNALS. 77 



"Bought against the Dublin University and the king- 
dom of Ireland, at the sale of General Vallancey's books, 
in 1813, for £57, by me, A. C." 

1750. The Very Rev. Theophilus Brocas, A.M., Dean of 
Killala, appointed to the chaplaincy of St. Matthew's, 
Ringsend, 4th December, on the resignation of the Rev. 
Dr. Isaac Mann. He held it until 1764 ; and dying in 
1770, was buried in St. Anne's Church, Dublin. 

1750. A survey of about this date, makes the Archdeacon 
of Dublin's glebe in Donnybrook to contain 2 roods, 24 
perches, besides a garden of 24 perches between it and the 
churchyard, doubted whether part of the glebe or not : the 
churchyard itself measures 1 rood, 8 perches. 

1751. Hires of coaches for set-downs from Dublin to Black- 
rock, 2s. 2d. ; Butterstown, 2s. 2d. ; Donnybrook, Is. Id. ; 
Merrion, 2s. 2d. ; Mount Merrion, 2s. 2d. ; and Ringsend, 
Is. Id. " No more to be demanded if they return imme- 
diately, or in ten minutes. Otherwise, to have 6Jd. by 
the hour, over the time spent in going and returning." 
Hires of Ringsend cars or chaises for set-downs from Dub- 
lin to Blackrock, 9d. ; Butterstown, 9d. ; Donnybrook, 
3d. ; Merrion, 9d. ; Mount Merrion, 9d. ; and Ringsend, 
3d. " They are to have 3d. by the hour over and above 
the time spent in going and coming. Or for waiting, 6d. 
the first hour, and 3d. every hour after. And a British 
half-crown for the whole day." — " Watson's Almanack." 

1753. "The Lord Mayor, attended by several of the city 
officers, went to Donnybrook [Monday, 20th August], 
where his Lordship issued a proclamation forbidding any 
person to erect tents or booths there till the Fair-day ap- 
pointed by patent, and to take them down and disperse at 
the end of the day, on pain of incurring such penalties as 
the law directs in case of disobedience." — Universal Ad- 
vertiser, 25th August. 

1753. The Very Rev. Robert Watts, D.D., "Dean of Ossory " 
(more correctly, Dean of Kilkenny, or Dean of St. Canice), 
buried 20th December {Donnybrook Parish Register}. 
See Cotton's "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicse," vol. ii. p. 291. 

1754. It is set forth in a return made this year by the Rev. 
Thomas Heany, of Monkstown, relative to the parishes of 
Monkstown, &c, that " two third-parts of the Blackrock 



and Booterstown tythe, although in the parish of Donny- 
brook, belong to the Dean of Christ Church, and one- 
third to the Curate of Monkstown. The tythe of fish be- 
longs to the Curate, and is usually set at the yearly rent 
of 45." See Note (d). 

1754. " The damage, occasioned by the heavy rain this day 
[1 4th June] and the preceding night, exceeds anything of 
the like nature that can be remembered. A few instances out 
of many will be sufficient to evince the melancholy truth. 
. . . the Paper-mill at Ballsbridge, together with Mr. 
Grant's improvements, and a large quantity of stamped 
linens, were born away by the current." — Universal Ad- 
vertiser, 18 th June. 

1754. " We hear a subscription is set on foot for building 
convenient bathing places at the Blackrock, for the accom- 
modation of such as resort thither for the benefit of the 
water." — Universal Advertiser, 23rd July. 

1756. On the death of Henry Ussher in this year, the right 
of holding Donnybrook Fair became vested in Sir William 
Wolseley, Bart, who in 1778 made a lease thereof to 
Joseph Madden, of Donnybrook; and in 1812 the then 
Baronet absolutely assigned same for ever to John Madden, 
son of the aforesaid Joseph, by the representatives of whom, 
and of his brother Peter, the same was sold in 1855. See 
Note (jy). 

1758. Robert Clayton, D.D., Bishop of Clogher, buried in 
the churchyard of Donnybrook, 1st March. See Note (s). 
" Gathren Clayton, ye Bp.'s wife," buried in same place, 
8th January, 1766. — Donnybrook Parish Register. 

1758. As would appear from advertisements in Skater's 
Public Gazetteer of this year, Donnybrook and Ballsbridge 
linens, printed by Messrs. Thomas Ash worth and Co., were 
in great demand. Mr. Ashworth's name frequently ap- 
pears in the parish register. 

1759. Bartholomew Mosse, M.D., the founder of the Dub- 
lin Lying-in Hospital (the first establishment of the kind 
in her Majesty's dominions), buried in the churchyard of 
Donnybrook, 18th February. See Note {([). 

1759. It has been said that the Archdeacon of Dublin has a 
dormant power of granting marriage- licenses within his 
archdeaconry ; and the following entries in the parish re- 



ANNALS. 79 



gister of Donnybrook tend to confirm the idea : — "Married 
by the Archdeacon's License, by the Rev. Michael Heatly, 
Mr. Charles Christian to Mrs. Mary Lovett, 24th May, 
1759 '' ; and, "Married by the Archdeacon's License, Mr. 
Henry Hopley to Mrs. Jane Brown, by the Rev, Dr. 
Mann, Archdeacon of Dublin, 19th February, 1764.'' 

1761. The foundation of the Lighthouse in Poolbeg, near 
Dublin Bar, laid. In Scale and Richards' " Directions 
for Navigating into the Bay of Dublin." etc. (Dublin, 
1765), p. 22, it is stated that " as the Light-house on the 
Piles is not finished, the Light- ship continues to display 
her ensign from half-flood to half-ebb in the day, and her 
lanthorn's-light from half-flood to half-ebb in the night." 
The Light-house finished in 1768, under considerable 
difficulties, by John Smith, Esq. See Note (ee). 

1761. George Earl of Llalifax, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 
landed at Ringsend, 6th October ; and embarked at same 
place for England, 1st May, in the following year. 

1762. " Buried, Rev. Dr. John Winn," 21st January (Don- 
nybrook Parish Register^). This was the Rev. John 
Wynne, A.M., Precentor of St. Patrick's Cathedral, and 
" Keeper of [Archbishop Marsh's] the pubiick Library of 
Dublin." 

1763. "Married, the Hon. William Beresford to Miss Elizabeth 
Fitzgibons," 12th June {Donnybrook Parish Megister). 
The Hon. and Rev. Wm. Beresford, brother of the first 
Marquess of Waterford, was appointed to the see of Dro- 
more in 1780, and translated to Ossory in same year. In 
1794 he became Archbishop of Tuam ; and having been 
created Lord Decies in 1812, died in 1819. Miss Eliza- 
beth Fitzgibbon was the second daughter of John Fitz- 
gibbon, Esq., a barrister of eminence, who had a house 
close to Donnybrook -green ; and the sister of the subse- 
quently well-known Earl of Clare Cotton's " Fasti Eo 

clesias Hibernicse," vol. iii. p. 285, iv. p 18; and Arch- 
dall's " Lodge's Peerage of Ireland," vol. ii. p. 309. 

1763. A violent storm of wind and rain, which did much 
damage to the shipping at Poolbeg, 25th September. Two 
new houses in Ringsend blown down. — Freeman's Journal. 

1763. In the rental of the estate of All-Hallows, taken from 
the rental of the estate of the city of Dublin, as it was 



80 APPENDIX. 



in this year, and printed in Harris's " History of Dublin," 
p. 492, William Ussher, Esq., appears as tenant of land 
near Donnybrook, at the annual rent of £100. 

1764. The Rev. John Brocas, A.M. (likewise Dean of Kil- 
lala from 1770), appointed to the chaplaincy of St. Mat- 
thew's, Rin^send, 29th March, on the resignation of the 
Very Rev. Theophilus Brocas. He died in 1795. 

1764. "Yesterday their Excellencies the Lords Justices, 
attended by the Lord Mayor, Sheriffs, and Committee of 
Directors of the Ballast Office, were graciously pleased to 
go in barges down the water, to visit the South- wall, the 
Cassoon, and the new Light-house erecting for the secu- 
rity of this harbour. . . . Their Excellencies were 
pleased to accept of a cold repast provided for them and 
their friends at the Block-house, and expressed their ap- 
probation of the conduct of these great works, to the great 
satisfaction of the Committee." — Freeman's Journal, 11th 
August. 

1764. Donnybrook Parish charged at this date with Minis- 
ter's Money to the amount of £60. — Freeman's Journal, 
2nd October. 

1765. Died "at Mount Merrion, near this city, aged 112 years 
and 3 months, Francis Jones, by trade a brogue-maker. 
He retained his senses to the last, and never lost a tooth." 
— Freeman's Journal, 4th May. 

1765. " Our High Sheriff, attended by the proper officers, a 
strong guard, and about twenty- five cars, went to Donny- 
brook [31st August], and caused the tents to be pulled 
down ; with which the cars were loaded, also with pots, 
tables, forms, &c, and brought to the Tholsel. The tents 
were pulled down the day before, but daringly erected 
again, notwithstanding the orders given to the contrary. 
In all probability much mischief would have been done, if 
the vigilance of the Sheriff had not put a stop to the con- 
tinuing the Fair.'' — Freeman's Journal, 3rd September. 

1766. " Married, by Consistory Licence, by the Rev. Thomas 
Heany, Capt. Charles Vallancey, Esq., to Mrs. Julia [?] 
Blosett," 15th Jan., 1766 Donnybrook Parish Register. 

1766. The Rev. John Leland, D.D., a Presbyterian minister 
in Dublin, and author of " A View of Deistical Writers " 
(first published in 1754), and of other works, buried 19th 
January., — Donnybrook Parish Register. 



ANNALS. 81 



1766. A house at Ringsend taken by the Governors of the 
Hibernian Nursery for the Marine. {Freeman 1 s Jovrnal, 
28th June.) The funds and the number of the boys in- 
creasing, ground was taken at the lower end of Sir John 
Rogerson's-quay, and the present building opened in 1773. 

1776. Richard, sixth Viscount Fitzwilliam, of Merrion, who 
had succeeded his father in 1743, died 25th May, and 
" was interred in Donnybrook-Chapel." 

1782. For some particulars of these parishes, see "A Tour 
through Dublin and its Environs, in 1782," in Walker's 
Hibernian Magazine for 1783, p. 239. 

1782. " About two in the morning [16th August] the most 
dreadful fall of rain began in Dublin and its neighbour- 
hood that was ever remembered in that country ; it con- 
tinued for fourteen hours with a violence that was truly 
alarming; the distress of the inhabitants of Dublin is 
beyond description. Ringsend-bridge [erected in 1729] 
was borne down by the flood." {Annual Register.) It 
was not until 1786 that statutory enactments were passed 
for restoring the communication, and supplying Ringsend 
and Irishtown with water from the Dodder. 

1784. Great floods in Dublin and its neighbourhood, caused 
by the overflow of the Liffey, Dodder, and Poddle water- 
course, 3rd January. — Walker's Hibernian Magazine. 

1786. Fort Lisle (now ElmclirT), Blackrock, was at this 
date, and for some years after, the residence of John 
Lysaght, Lord Lisle. Lisaniskea, which adjoins, was then 
called ElmclirT. 

1787. In this year occurred one of those remarkable floods, 
by which the Dodder has been so frequently affected. 
u Ringsend was in a very melancholy situation. It re- 
sembled a town which had experienced all the calamities 
of war, that had been sacked by an enemy, or that had 
felt the hand of all-devouring time. The unfortunate in- 
habitants were in a manner excluded from all intercourse 
with Dublin. They were attacked by the overbearing 
floods, which issued from the mountains in irresistible 
torrents, and completely demolished the bridge. The new 
bridge [as in 179*3] is a very handsome one, and cost only 
£815. " — Ferrar's " View of Dublin," &c, p. 74. 

1789. The Duke of Wellington's first victory. See Note (w). 

F 



82 APPENDIX. 



1790. For some fond allusions to Irishtown at this date, see 
" Life of Theobald Wolfe Tone," vol. i. p. 35. 

1790. Sir Jonah Barrington gives in his " Personal Sketches," 
vol. iii. pp. 230-259, an amusing, but very questionable, 
account of his visit in this year to Donnybrook Fair. 

1791. Cranfield's Baths, situated on Irishtown-strand, and 
said to be the earliest public baths in Ireland, opened by 
Mr. Richard Cranfield, who " shut out the sea, and made 
land [many years known as Scal'd Hill] from Irishtown 
to Sandymount." He died there, 24th December, 1859. 

1791. A bridge of three arches erected over the Dodder at 
Ballsbridge. Rebuilt in 1835. 

1791. " Died at Donnybrook the Right Hon. [Wm.] Lord 
[Viscount] Chetwynd." (Dublin Chronicle, 15th Novem- 
ber.) His "principal country residence" was close to 
Donnybrook-green. 

1792. An inundation of the sea, which made several breaches 
in the South-wall, and laid all the low grounds between 
Sir John Rogerson's-quay and Ringsend- bridge under wa- 
ter, 24th January. 

1792. The Hospital for Incurables, which had been esta- 
blished in 1743, transferred from Tovvnsend-street, Dub- 
lin, to Donnybrook, See Note (x). 

1793. Died on the Donny brook-road, 23rd July, the Hon. 
Robert Hellen, one of the Justices of the Court of Common 
Pleas. ("Anthologia Hibernica," vol. ii., p. 78.) He 
was one of" the characters which figure in ' Baratariana '." 
— Notes and Queries, 2nd S., viii. 21. 

1793. Miss Anne Keon, of St. Stephen's-green, Dublin, left, 
with many other large legacies, £1,000 to the Hospital 
for Incurables " Anthologia Hibernica," vol. ii. p. 155. 

1794-. The Hon. Richard Power, one of the Barons of the Ex- 
chequer, having been ordered by Lord Clare to appear in 
the Court of Chancery, of which he was Usher, and to 
answer certain charges, threw himself into the sea from the 
South-wall, near the Pigeon-house, and perished, 2nd 
February. See Daunt's " Personal Recollections of O'Con- 
nell," vol. ii. p. 145 (an amusing book) ; and Gilbert's 
" History of Dublin," vol. iii. p. 290. 



ANNALS. 83 



1794. A portion of Bagotrath Castle, much frequented by 
robbers, was standing in this year, a view of the ruins 
being given in Grose's " Antiquities of Ireland," vol. i. 
p. 10 ; but not a vestige of them remains. 

1794. " Last Wednesday night [17th December] the house of 
Lady Barry, at Sandy mount, near Ballsbridge, was broken 
into by a gang of miscreants, and robbed of valuable arti- 
cles to a considerable amount. These savage ruffians, on 
entering into Lady Barry's chamber, fired a pistol at her, 
which fortunately missed its aim, but strewed the room 
with the slugs with which it was loaded." — " Anthologia 
Hibernica," vol. iv. p. 477. 

1795. When his Excellency Earl Fitzwilliam was leaving 
Ireland, 25th March, his carriage was stopped in College- 
green by the populace, who took out the horses, and drew 
it from thence to the Pigeon-house, where he embarked. 
" His Lordship was accompanied by nearly every dignified 
character at present in the metropolis, whose carriages 
formed a line beyond precedent extensive." — Newspaper 
paragraph. 

1795. The Rev. Robert Ball, LL.B., appointed to the chap- 
laincy of St. Matthew's, Ringsend, on the death of the 
Very Rev. John Brocas. Mr. Ball died in May, 1828, 
having held likewise the prebend and vicarage of Drum- 
holm, in the diocese of Raphoe, and was buried in the 
churchyard of Stillorgan, 15th of same month. 

1795. " Riding to Ringsend, we were presented with a strik- 
ing proof of the vast extent of human labour and human 
genius in the docks building there ; and we were highly 
pleased to find Counsellor Vavasour reclaiming the great 
tract of waste ground near the bridge. ... At 
Sandymount we found a very convenient salt-water bath, 
erected by a Mr. Cranfield. ... To ride over the 
extensive strand from hence to Booterstown, added an in- 
describable gaiety to our spirits. . . . Going to the 
county of Wicklow, the road to the Blackrock is evidently 
the pleasantest, most frequented, and level. At Booters- 
town the fields are disposed in a style of judicious hus- 
bandry. The villas are neat and commodious, particu- 
larly Lord Carleton's [Willow Park], Mr. White's, Mr. 
La Touche's [Sans Souci], Mr. D'Olier's [Collegnes], Mr. 
Alexander's [Seamount], and Sir Boyle Roche's, and 



84 APPENDIX. 



denote the neighbourhood of a large commercial city. . . 
. . . Williamstown is adjoining Blackrock, and has 
been much improved by Counsellor Vavasour " (Ferrar's 
" View of Dublin," &c, pp. 74-76). Frescati, near Black- 
rock (then belonging to the Duchess of Leinster, but sub- 
sequently a well known boarding-school, and now divided 
into four dwelling-houses), was about this time a favour- 
ite resort of Lord Edward Fitzgerald. 

1795. Willow Park, Booterstown, had been erected by, and 
(a3 already stated) was at this time the residence of, Hugh 
Lord Carleton, Chief Justice of the Court of Common 
Pleas. He was created a Viscount in 1797 ; and having 
resigned office in 1800, died in London, without issue, 25th 
February, 1826. See the Gentleman's Magazine for 1826, 
Part i. p. 270, where is given a just tribute to his cha- 
racter from Duhigg's "History of the King's Inns 7 * (Dub- 
lin, 1806). 

1795. If John Sidney Taylor, who became well known for 
** his maintenance of the principles of constitutional liberty, 
Christian morality, and successful exertion in advocating 
the abolition of the punishment of death," was not born 
about this year in his father's house in Donnybrook, he 
certainly passed there some of his early days. 

1796. The corporation for improving the port of Dublin, 
with the view of helping to clear the channel of the Liffey, 
diverted the Dodder from its natural bed (which ran 
through the ground on which the Rev. Dr. Wall's houses 
are built) into a new channel through the low grounds 
between Irishtown and Dublin. 

1796. Mr. Benjamin Higgins was the author of a very inte- 
resting " Account of the Rise and Progress of the Lying- 
in Hospital in Dublin, with an Attempt towards the Life 
and Character of Doctor Bartholomew Mosse," which ap- 
peared (almost in full, and for the first time) in the Dublin 
Quarterly Journal of Medical Science, November, 1846. 
Mr. Higgins held the registrarship of the Hospital : and 
at a meeting of the Governors, 14th May, 1796, it was 
" resolved, that this Board will place a tombstone in the 
churchyard of Donnybrook, over the grave of the said 
Benjamin Higgins, as a lasting [?] testimony of their 
regret at his loss, and of their grateful sense of his unre- 
mitting zeal for this institution." 



ANNALS. 8.5 



1797. " This day [28th August] the Lord Mayor and his 
attendants perambulated the franchised boundaries of 
Dublin. When they arrived at the strand of Booterstown, 
the tide being at the lowest ebb, his Lordship, from the 
water's edge, threw a dart into the sea. The spot where 
it fell was noted as the extreme of the municipal jurisdic- 
tion, according to ancient custom." — Newspaper paragraph. 

1798. " Detachments from the U.C. Fusileers and St. Sepul- 
chre's Infantry seized some arms in the environs of Mer- 
rion- avenue," 2nd April Idem. 

1798. " Last Sunday [27th May] the whole of the male in- 
habitants of Williamstown, and most of those of Blackrock, 
Newtown, Dunleary, and Monkstown, went voluntarily 
before the Magistrates, and took a strong and solemn oath 
of allegiance to his Majesty, and against associating with 
United Irishmen, or any unlawful society. And on Tues- 
day the whole of the inhabitants of Williamstown entered 
into resolutions, declaring their readiness to take up arms 
in defence of their king and country, and the laws of the 
realm, against any traitors or conspirators." — Idem, 

1798. " This morning [1st June] a body of about 500 or 
600 persons, inhabitants of Ballsbridge, Donny brook, and 
their vicinities, repaired to Sandymount, there to take the 
oath of allegiance before Alderman Truelock," who, in the 
month of October following, being in a state of mental 
derangement, shot himself in his house at Simmonscourt. 
— Idem. 

1799. "We are sorry to observe that the Magistrates of 
Dublin are so inattentive to its peace as to sutler the con- 
tinuance of that annual nuisance. Donny brook Fair, so 
many days beyond the time for which it has unfortunately 

a legal claim to exist The Fair continued 

until yesterday, and will probably last until it shall grow 
into such an enormity of riot and outrage as shall cure 
itself." — Faulkner's Dublin Journal, 3rd September. 

1799. " Napper Tandy and his associates landed yesterday 
evening [18th November] at the Pigeon- house, from the 
Loftus packet, and were conveyed to Kilmainham goal. 
Tandy was clad in a white serge wrapper, resembling a 
friar's gown, and wore a very large hat, turned up with a 
loop on one side." — Newspaper paragraph. 



86 APPENDIX. 



1800. King George III. granted a charter of incorporation 
to 4i the Governors and Guardians of the Hospital for In- 
curables, near the City of Dublin," 7th January. See 
"Report of Commissioners appointed to inspect Chari- 
table Institutions, Dublin" (1824), pp. 118-135. 

1800. The Rev Gore Wood, who had been for many years 
Curate of the parish, buried in the churchyard of Donny- 
brook, 25th May. — Donnybrook Parish Register. 

1800. Bloomfield, Merrion, was at this date the country resi- 
dence of John Ball, Esq., M.P. for Drogheda, who " in his 
progress to the highest professional eminence never stooped 
to any unworthy condescension," and " though the ablest 
lawyer of his day, was passed over in all Lord Clare's 
promotions." A plain serjeant-at-law, he died 24th Au- 
gust, 1813. " By the unanimous vote of the Irish Bar," 
a monument was erected to his menjory in St. Patrick's 
Cathedral, Dublin ; and another by the corporation of 
Drogheda, in St. Peter's Church, in that town, where he 
was buried. See Monck Mason's " History of St. Patrick's 
Cathedral," Appendix, p. lix. ; Phillips' " Specimens of 
Irish Eloquence," p. 300 ; Barrington's " Rise and Fall of 
the Irish Nation," p. 393 (Paris, 1833); and D' Alton's 
" History of Drogheda," vol. i. p. 35, &c. 

1802. In this year the late Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, 
Bart., was placed under the care of the Rev. John Moore, 
Master of Donnybrook School ; and in the following year 
he entered the Dublin University, where his career was 
particularly brilliant. See Notes and Queries, 1st S., 
vii. 452. 

1802. " Donnybrook Fair has been long complained of as a 
nuisance, and a most dangerous one it is ; as the recruit- 
ing service is at an end, that excuse can no longer be 
used," &c Dutton's " Observations on Archer's Statis- 
tical Survey of the County of Dublin," p. 56. 

1802. Captain Huddart has given in his Report on Dublin 
Harbour, presented in this year to the Directors- General 
of Inland Navigation of Ireland, an historical sketch of the 
works carried on for the improvement of the harbour, 
during the past century, at a very great expense ("Re- 
ports on Dublin Harbour," pp. 62-80). Amongst other 
things, he proposed to extend the South- wall 770 yards, 
and to erect a new Light-house, at a cost of £155,660. 



ANNALS. 87 



For a biographical sketch of Captain Huddart, distin- 
guished as a geographer and mechanist, see the Annual 
Register for 1816, p. 220. 

1802. Early in December an inundation destroyed the bridge 
at Ringsend, whereupon was erected the present one of 
mountain granite, which is supposed capable of resisting 
any force of water. At this time the number of wherries 
here was returned as seven. 

1803. In the plans of Robert Emmet (who had a depot at 
Irishtown, in charge of a timber merchant, Mr. Thomas 
Brangan, residing in that village), the Pigeon-house was 
a chief point of attack. He "was frequently at Bran- 
gan's ; and on several occasions they walked across the 
strand, when the tide was out, to take plans of the Pigeon- 
house, and make observations." (Dr. Madden's " Life and 
Times of Robert Emmet," p. 110.) See also p. 127 of 
same work, wherein is given a copy of Emmet's own state- 
ment of his plans and intentions. The writer has an inte- 
resting MS. (pp. 60), in which frequent reference is made 
to the Pigeon-house, entitled "Lord Hardwicke's Vindica- 
tion against the Calumnies of General Fox, Commander of 
the Forces in Ireland, which attributed the most lethargic 
indifference, on the part of the Irish Government, to the 
projected Insurrection of 1803 ;" and which was drawn up 
for the perusal of the Cabinet. 

1805. John O'Neill directed by his will, that whoever should 
enjoy a certain interest in the lands of Simmonscourt, 
should pay, during the continuance thereof, one guinea 
yearly to the support of To wnsend- street Chapel, Dublin. 

1807. " Having escaped from the plucking of the Pigeon- 
house, I am safely lodged upon one of the quays of the 
Liffey." — Milner's " Tour in Ireland," p. 6. 

1807. Ground taken for the College Botanic Gardens, near 
Ballsbridge. 

1807. " Sandymount, 19th October, 1807. I certify that I 
did this day, at one o'clock in the afternoon, marry Doctor 
Patrick Duigenan to Mrs. Esther Hepenstal, widow, at 
Sandymount, in the parish of Donnybrook, and county of 
Dublin, in the presence of the Rt. Honble. John Monck 
Mason and sundry other persons. Chars. Dublin [Earl of 
Kormanton] " (Donnybrook Parish Register). For a 



biographical sketch of the Eight Hon. Patrick Duigenan, 
LL.D., who died 11th April, 1816, see the Gentleman's 
Magazine for that year, Part i. p. 871. 

1807. The Prince of Wales packet wrecked at Dunleary, 
and the Rochdale transport at Blackrock, 19th No- 
vember. See Note (cc). 

1811. Frescati School, Blackrock, was at this time, and for 
many years after, under the direction of the Rev. Robert 
Craig, A.M., who put forth the following advertisement : — 
"Frescati, 16th Jan., 1811. Mr. Craig, having learned 
with much concern, that the rumour of an intention to 
offer himself a candidate for the Mastership of Drogheda 
School has been industriously circulated, thinks it his duty 
publicly to state, that such an idea never once entered his 
contemplation." There were several schools, as appears 
from the newspapers of this year, in the vicinity of Black- 
rock. 

1811. Aldborough Lodge, opposite Peafleld, Blackrock, was 
at this time the residence of John Earl of Aldborough. 

1811. The Roman Catholic Chapel of Booterstown erected, 
at the expense of Richard, seventh Viscount Fitzwilliam, 
of Memon, who had succeeded his father in 1776. The 
French editor of " The Letters of Atticus" has written of 
Lord Fitzwilliam, that " a native of Ireland [born 30th 
July, 1745], where he had very large estates, he expended 
six thousand pounds sterling in building, in a parish of his 
domains, a Catholic Church, and took a pleasure in super- 
intending the labours of the workmen." The foregoing 
statement may not be strictly correct in every particular. 

1812. The registers of baptisms and burials in St. Matthew's, 
Ringsend, commence with this year, being very imperfect 
until 1818. The parochial clergymen discharged the 
" occasional duties " until 1812, when Mr. Wogan (who 
was murdered near Ballsbridge in 1826) declined to do 
so ; and therefore reference for baptisms and burials in this 
quarter previous to 1812 should be made to the registers 
of Donnybrook. 

1814. The Rev. Matthew West, A.M, ; Rector of Clane, in the 
diocese of Kildare. buried in the churchyard of Donny- 
brook, 13th September. Mr. West had been Curate of the 
parish of Donnybrook for some years, and published a 



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volume of poetry ; and was " a gentleman whose impres- 
sive eloquence as a preacher, and cultivated talents as a 
scholar, were highly and deservedly appreciated by all 
who were acquainted with him." 

1815. The Rev. George Molden, Assistant- Chaplain, buried 
in the churchyard of St. Matthew's, Ringsend. 

1816. Richard Viscount Fitzwilliam died in London, 4th 
February, being succeeded in his titles (with an annuity) by 
his brother John, eighth and last Viscount Fitzwilliam, but 
leaving his large estates to George Augustus Earl of Pem- 
broke and Montgomery, with remainder to the present 
Right Hon. Sidney Herbert and his heirs male. Playfair, 
in his "British Family Antiquity," vol. v. pp. 38-44, gives 
a very high character of Lord Fitzwilliam, with parti- 
culars of his family. See also, for notices of his death, 
munificent bequests to Cambridge University, &c, the 
Gentleman's Magazine for 1816, Part i. pp. 189, 367, 
627 ; and the Annual Register for same year, p. 213. 
Though he lived and died a Protestant, he was the re- 
puted author of a remarkable, and rather scarce publica- 
tion, entitled " The Letters of Atticus " [*' or, Protes- 
tantism and Catholicism, considered in their comparative 
Influence on Society"], which, having been written in 
French, and published at different times, were collected 
and reprinted in London, anonymously, in the year 1811. 
Another edition appeared in Paris in 1825 ; and in the 
following year, in London, an English translation, with 
Lord Fitzwilliam's name on the title-page. 

1816. Erasmus Smith's Schoolhouse, near Donnybrook, for 
boys and girls, erected. The late Lord Downes, of Mer- 
ville, and the late Dr. Perceval, of Annfield, gave each 
£100; about three-fourths of the amount being soon after 
vested in Government Stock for the benefit of the schools, 
in the names of the Archdeacon of Dublin and two others. 
Here the parish of Taney (in which are Donnybrook Cot- 
tage, the residence of the late Hon. Judge Plunket, Beech- 
hill, and Beaver-row) adjoins the village of Donnybrook. 

1817. The first show of flowers by the Horticultural Society 
held in Erasmus Smith's Schoolhouse, Donnybrook, 

1818. " The Grand Duke Michael, from a wish probably to 
see society under all its forms, visited this scene [Donny- 
brook Fair] on Thursday se'nnight [27th August], and 



90 APPENDIX. 



was much gratified with the amusements, which the Irish 
editor is careful to tell us, were as usual ' knocks down for 
love,' and cut heads, with the never- failing accompaniment 
of picking pockets. The Irish editor thinks these diver- 
sions a certain remedy against treasons, stratagems, and 
spoils. We are sorry to differ from such high authority ; 
but we really think, from his showing, that Donnybrook 
Fair is no better a school for virtue than that abominable 
nuisance which is now infesting Smithfield." — Newspaper 
paragraph. 

1818. In the Appendix, No. V., to W hi tela w and Walsh's 
" History of Dublin,'' published in this year, a list of the 
"Salaries of the Officers of the Customs in the Port of 
Dublin " is given, including the following items : — " Rings- 
end, four surveyors, each £200 ; forty-four tide-waiters, 
each £80 ; fifty five super, ditto, each £60 ; two cox- 
swains, one carpenter, and eleven boatmen, each £50 ; 
curate of Ringsend, £200 ; surgeon for sick and wounded 
officers, £100 ; clerk of the King's yard, Ringsend, £120, 
house and allowance." 

1818. "The want of churches is much felt and complained 
of in this neighbourhood [of Monkstown], where there is 
a more numerous population of the Established religion 
than in any other part of Ireland. Yet, with the excep- 
tion of Stillorgan, this [at Monkstown] is the only church 
from Ringsend to Bra}^, the extremity of the county, an 
extent including eleven populous villages, and a very 
thickly inhabited country." — Whitelaw and Walsh's " His- 
tory of Dublin," vol. ii. p. 1272, n. 

1820. Leonard MacNally, barrister- at-law, whose name is 
now too well known in connexion with Irish affairs in 
1798, buried in the churchyard of Donnybrook, 8th June. 
A false report of his death, with age and other particulars, 
having appeared in the newspapers (probably in conse- 
quence of the death of his son Leonard, who was buried in 
Donnybrook, 17th February), the following note (kindly 
supplied by Wm. J. Fitzpatrick, Esq., of Stillorgan) wa3 
sent to the proprietor of Saunders's News-Letter: — " Sir — 
I am advised, from the severe injury I have received in 
consequence of the great circulation your paper gave of 
my death on the eve of the Assizes, and my practice in 
the City of Dublin, to apply to the calm determination of 



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a City of Dublin Jury for damages against you — Your 
obed/St, Leonard MacNally. 20, Cuffe-sitreet, Mon. 
6 March, 1820." 
1821. The population of the parish of Donnybrook, including 
Booterstown, amounted to 9,219 ; comprising 4,267 males 
and 4,952 females. See Notes (J and aa). 

1821. The parish of Booterstown formed out of the parish 
of Donnybrook. See Note (d). 

1822. Mr. John Macnamara, formerly of Coolnahella, in the 
county of Clare, and latterly of Sandymount, buried at 
St. Matthew's, Ringsend. He had been a well-known 
collector of Irish MSS., which were again dispersed on his 
death. Mention of his MSS. is made in almost every 
page of O'Reilly's " Chronological Account of Irish 
Writers" (Dublin, 1820). 

1823. The Hon. William Fletcher, one of the Justices of the 
Court of Common Pleas, resided at Montrose, near Donny- 
brook, and died in this year. 

1824. Miss Hannah Green, of Donnybrook-road, buried in 
the churchyard of Donnybrook, 27th April, having left by 
will a sum of money for charitable purposes, with which 
Government Stock was purchased, amounting to £115 7s. 
" The bequest was not specific, but to be applied in charity 
in the best manner ; and the late Commissioners of Cha- 
rities having received the amount from her executor in 
the year 1828, directed that the interest should be given 
to the Archdeacon of Dublin, as Incumbent of Donny- 
brook, in which parish testatrix died, to assist in the 
purchase of coals." — Official information. 

1824. Booterstown Church consecrated and opened for Divine 
service on Sunday, 16th May. See Note (a). The Rev. 
James Bulwer appointed to the incumbency. The parish 
registers of baptisms and marriages commence with this 
year. There is no graveyard, and consequently no re- 
gister of burials. Searches for baptisms, &c, previous to 
this year should be made in the registers of Donnybrook 
(of which parish Booterstown was a part) or Monkstown. 

1825. The Rev. Anthony Sillery, A.M., appointed to the 
incumbency of Booterstown, on the resignation of the 
Rev. J. Bulwer. He resigned in 1832. See Note (A). 

1826. Died at his seat, Merville, Stillorgan-road, 3rd March, 



92 APPENDIX. 



in his 75th year, the Eight Hon. William Downes, 
1st Baron Downes, and late Chief Justice of the Court 
of King's Bench. He had been born in Donny brook 
Castle, which was subsequently a well-known boarding- 
school, and is now a nunnery ; and was the son of Robert 
Downes, Esq., of Donny brook, M.P. for the county of 
Kildare, by Elizabeth (married 18th Feb, 1737), daugh- 
ter of Thomas Twigg, Esq., likewise of Donnybrook. 
(Gentleman's Magazine for 1826, Part i., p. 270 ; and 
" Burke's Peerage.") Merville (like Mount Merrion, Sea- 
field, and Trimleston, in the parish of Taney, but on the 
confines of Booterstown) has been for some years past the 
residence of Lieutenant- General Hall, C.B. 

1826. The Rev. George Wogan, who had been for twenty- 
six years Curate of Donnybrook, murdered in his house in 
Spafield- place, near Ballsbridge, 21st April, and buried 
two days after in Donnybrook churchyard, aged 70 years. 
The same tombstone covers the remains of three who had 
been clergymen of the parish, but without any inscription. 
Denis Hynes and George Stanley, both of Booterstown, 
having received sentence of death for a highway robbery 
committed the same night on the Blackrock-road, con- 
fessed the murder, and were hanged. See Donnybrook 
Vestry-book, pp. 22, 52, for full particulars. 

1826. Booterstown Schoolhouse, Cross- avenue, erected, at 
an expense of nearly £700. " Sept. 5, By Cash from 
Treasury, £184 3s. Id." appears in the account. 

1827. St. Mary's Church, Donnybrook, erected at Simmons- 
court, the foundation-stone having been laid by Arch- 
deacon Torrens. In the parish accounts there appears a 
charge of <£6 for a silver trowel. The building was not 
opened for Divine service until 1830. See Note (£). 

1828. As appears from the vestry-book of the parish of 
Booterstown, " Mrs. Easterby " and " MissKells" attended 
the vestry held on Easter Monday, 7th April. In the same 
book may be found many particulars respecting the parish, 
from 20th July, 1821. 

1828. The Rev. John Evans Johnson, A.B. (now D.D., and 
Archdeacon of Ferns), appointed to the chaplaincy of St. 
Matthew's, Ringsend, in May, on the death of the Rev. 
Robert Ball. 



ANNALS. 93 



1828. For an account of His Excellency the Marquess of 
Anglesey's visit to Donnybrook Fair on Saturday, 30th 
August, see the Freeman's Journal, 3rd September. 

1829. Mary Myers, of Ringsend, buried in the churchyard 
of St. Matthew's, 21st March, aged 103 years. She had 
never (as she informed Dr. Wall) slept a night out of 
Ringsend, which in her youthful days u was very clean, 
healthy, and beautiful, with vines trained up against the 
walls of the houses," &c. 

1829. The Yery Rev. Richard Graves, D.D., Dean of Ar- 
dagh, buried in the churchyard of Donnybrook, 3rd 
April. See Note (s). 

1830. St. Mary's Church, Donnybrook, opened for Divine 
service. 

1830. Sandy mount Loan -Fund instituted, 1st October. 

1831. The Rev. Richard H. Wall, A.M. (now D.D.), ap- 
pointed to the chaplaincy of St. Matthew's, Ringsend, 
22nd April, on the resignation of the Rev. J. E. Johnson, 
having held the assistant- chaplaincy from 18th October, 
1818. 

1831. The population of the parish of Booterstown amounted 
to 3,549 ; comprising 1,454 males and 2,095 females ; 
— and that of Donnybrook to 10,394; comprising 4,729 
males and 5,665 females. 

1832. The Rev. Robert H. Nixon, A.M., appointed to the 
incumbency of Booterstown, in July, on the resignation of 
the Rev. A. Sillery. He died 22nd January, 1857. See 
Note ( 9 ). 

1832. Anglesey-bridge erected over the Dodder at Donny- 
brook. 

1832. Irishtown Schoolhouse completed, at an expense of 
£800, defrayed by subscription. Ground having been 
granted by the late Earl of Pembroke, the building was 
begun in 1824 ; and after many delays from various 
causes, a public meeting of the subscribers was held in the 
vestry of St. Matthew's, Ringsend, 31st December, 1831, 
when it was unanimously resolved to vest the trust of the 
building in the Chaplain of St. Matthew's for the time 
being, for a Protestant male school, an almshouse for Pro- 
testants, and a general dispensary. 



94 APPENDIX. 



1833. For a very interesting " story of the last century," 
entitled " The Pidgeon House," see the Dublin Penny 
Journal, vol. ii. p. 99, published in this year. It was 
compiled from information supplied by old inhabitants of 
Ringsend ; and gives the historv of Pidgeon and his family. 
" Buried, Richard Pigeon [?], "l 9th July, 1713 " (Donny- 
brook Parish Register}. Pidgeon's House, as described 
in the Journal, was succeeded by Tunstall's Tavern, for 
many years a great resort of the people of Dublin ; and no 
country gentleman, if he had not dined at Mrs. Tunstall's, 
was considered to have seen the metropolis. The Pigeon- 
house Fort, as already stated, was erected towards the 
close of the last century. 

1833. The Schoolhouse (now the Courthouse) in Sandymount- 
green erected by subscription. 

1833. On the death of John, eighth Viscount Fitzwilliam, 
of Merrion, the honours of the family became extinct. 
The Rev. Mervyn Archdall, in his edition of " Lodge's 
Peerage of Ireland," vol. iv. pp. 306-321, gives many 
particulars of this family, to the year 1789 ; and a little 
additional information may be gained from the third issue 
of " Burke's Extinct and Dormant Peerage " (London, 
1846). Play fair likewise devotes some space to the family 
in his " British Family Antiquity," vol. v. pp. 38-44 
(London, 1810). More, however, might well be in print 
respecting the Fitzwilliams of Merrion. 

1834. In the "Second Report on Ecclesiastical Revenue and 
Patronage, Ireland" (1834), p. 219, John Madden ap- 
pears as the tenant of a " house and garden near Donny- 
brook, containing Ia. Or. 8p.," under a lease for 40 years, 
of which twenty-three remained unexpired on 29th Sept., 
1832. Annual rent, £2 Is. 6Jd. 

1834. According to Mr. Wm. Tighe Hamilton's " Abstract 
of the Census of the Population of Ireland," p. 74, 
Booterstown Parish contained in this year 980 members 
of the Established Church, 1,751 Roman Catholics, 19 
Presbyterians, and 8 other Protestant Dissenters : total, 
2,758. Donnybrook Parish, 3,536 members of the Estab- 
lished Church, 6,712 Roman Catholics, 50 Presbyterians, 
and 17 other Protestant Dissenters: total, 10,315. See 
Notes (j and aa). 



AXXALS. 95 



1834. Ballsbridge Schoolhouse erected in this year, and sub- 
sequently enlarged. 

1834. The Hammersmith Iron-works, Ballsbridge, estab- 
lished by Mr. Richard Turner. 

1834. An inundation of the Dodder in the month of No- 
vember, whereby a temporary bridge at Ballsbridge was 
swept away, the neighbouring country flooded, and much 
injury done to the buildings of the Dublin and Kingstown 
railway. 

1834. The Dublin and Kingstown (now Dublin and Wick- 
low) railway, running through these parishes, first opened 
to the public, 17th December. 

1835. Died at Herbert House (now Cherbury), Booters- 
town-avenue, where he had resided for many years, 22nd 
January, the Right Hon. James Fitzgerald, aged 93. He 
married, in 1782, Catherine, second daughter of the Rev. 
Henry Vesey, who was created an Irish Peeress in 1826 ; 
and well known as " the silver-tongued Prime Serjeant " 
(1 784-1 799), was the father of the late, and of the present 
Lord Fitzgerald and Vesey. For a biographical sketch, 
see the Gentleman 's Magazine for 1835, Part i. p. 318. 
*' Bully Egan " had previously occupied the same house. 

1835. The present bridge over the Dodder at Ballsbridge 
erected. 

1836. About the middle of August, Dublin was visited by a 
violent storm, which caused a great inundation of the 
Dodder, and seriously injured the Dublin and Kingstown 
railway. For some particulars of the " effects produced 
by the vicinity of a railroad," as observed about this time 
in this locality by the Rev. Thomas Romney Robinson, 
D.D., of Armagh, see the " Proceedings of the Royal Irish 
Academy," vol. v. p. 287. The observations were made 
in the (now-vanished) Dodder- bank Distillery, belonging 
to Mr. Haig. 

1838. Close to Anglesey-bridge, near Donnybrook, and in 
front of St. Ann's (formerly Annfield, for many years the 
residence of the late Robert Perceval, M.D., whose cha- 
racter is well known), stands a small column with the 
following inscription : — " mdcccxxxviii. Erected to the 
memory of the late Alderman Arthur Morrisson. As a 
Christian and citizen, there were few to equal, none to 



96 APPENDIX. 



surpass him. He was a sincere friend, charitable, kind, 
and generous. As Lord Mayor of the City of Dublin, he 
was respected and esteemed." It may serve perhaps to 
encourage others, to be told that Alderman Morrisson, 
when Lord Mayor of Dublin, dined at Annfield with Dr. 
Perceval, towards whom he had there stood in a very 
different relation in early life. 

1839. The spire of St. Mary's Church, Donnybrook, seriously 
damaged by the great storm, 6th January, and soon after 
taken down. 

1841. The population of the parish of Booterstown amounted 
to 3,318; comprising 1,312 males and 2,006 females; — 
and that of Donnybrook to 9,825 ; comprising 4,464 males 
and 5,361 females. 

1842. By 5 and 6 Vict. c. 23 (" Local and Personal Sta- 
tutes") further power was granted " to lease parts of the 
estates devised by the will of Richard, late Viscount Fitz- 
william, deceased, situate in the city of Dublin, and the 
neighbourhood thereof," &c. The Act details a large 
amount of information respecting the Fitzwilliam Estate 
in these parishes. 

1842. The townland of Intake {i.e., "taken in" from the 
sea), in the parish of Booterstown, and the townlands of 
Bagotrath, Ballsbridge, Beggarsbush, Clonskeagh, Donny- 
brooke east and west, Forty-acres, Irishtown, Merrion, 
Ringsend, Sandymount, and Smotscourt, in the parish of 
Donnybrook, transferred, by 5 and 6 Vict. c. 96, from the 
ancient county of the city to the new barony of Dublin. 

1843. The Right Hon. John Radcliff, LL.D., buried in the 
churchyard of Donnybrook, 21st July. See Note (r). 

1845. Mr. and Mrs. Orson, and two children, buried in the 
churchyard of Donnybrook, 5th February; their bodies 
having been "found in the ruins of their house [on 
Dodder- bank, near Donny brook-green], which was con- 
sumed by fire under very mysterious circumstances on 
the morning of the 3rd instant." {Donnybrook Parish 
Register.') For a full report of the coroner's inquest, see 
Saunders's News-Letter, 6th February. 

1846. Ringsend National Schoolhouse for boys and girls, 
erected by the Right Hon. S. Herbert, opened in January. 
An Infant School was soon after added. 



ANNALS. 97 



1846. A violent storm in Dublin, and great floods in the 
Dodder, 21st November. For particulars of damage done 
in these parts, see Saunders's News- Letter of the 23rd. 

1847. Many improvements effected in the old churchyard of 
Donnybrook, which had been for some years in a very 
neglected condition. See p. 37. 

1849. Queen Victoria, having landed at Kingstown, 6th 
August, with Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and 
the Princesses, proceeded, by the Dublin and Kingstown 
railway, to Sandymount-avenue, whence they went 
through Ballsbridge to Baggot- street, on their way to the 
Viceregal Lodge. Her Majesty returned by railway to 
Kingstown, 10th August. 

1850. The Church of St. John the Evangelist, Sandymount, 
opened for Divine service on Sunday, 24th March, as fully 
reported in Saunders's News-Letter of the following 
morning. The Rev. William de Burgh, A.M. (now D.D.), 
appointed to the chaplaincy. A view of the building, 
which cost about £6,000, is given in the Irish Ecclesias- 
tical Journal, vol. vi. p. 58. 

1851. TheVen. John Torrens, D.D., Archdeacon of Dublin, 
and Rector of Donnybrook, &c, died at Narraghmore, 
county of Kildare, 9th June, aged eighty- two years, and 
was buried in St. Peter's Church, Dublin. A half-length 
portrait, painted by Middleton, has been engraved by 
Mr. George Sanders, late of Booterstown. 

1851. The Ven. John West, D.D., Archdeacon of Dublin, 
" read himself in " as Rector of Donnybrook, on Sunday, 
3rd August. 

1851. The population of the parish of Booterstown amounted 
to 3,512; comprising 1,336 males and 2,176 females; — 
and that of Donnybrook to 11,178; comprising 4,971 
males and 6^207 females. 

1853. The Roman Catholic Chapel of " St. Mary, Star of 
the Sea," near Irishtown, erected. See "A Letter to the 
Committee of Management," &c, by William de Burgh, 
B.D. (Dublin, 1853) ; and the Freeman'' s Journal, 16th 

August. 

1854. The Right Hon. S. Herbert added to the grounds of 
Booterstown Church, and made a new and handsome ap- 
proach from Mount Merrion-avenue. 

a 



98 APPENDIX. 



1854. For particulars of the several Parochial Institutions of 
Donny brook at this date, see the " Donny brook Parish 
Almanack, 1854." 

1854. Sunday Evening Service commenced in St. Matthew's, 
Ringsend, 26th November. See p. 21. 

1855. Donnybrook Fair — the Bartholomew of Dublin — abo- 
lished, 26th August, in the mayoralty of the Right Hon. 
Joseph Boyce, the patent having been purchased for 
£3,000. See Note (y). 

1856. London- bridge over the Dodder, near Irishtown, re- 
built, the wooden bridge in same place having fallen into 
decay. 

1857. The Rev. Beaver H. Blacker, A.M., appointed to the 
incumbency of Booterstown, 18th February, on the death 
of the Rev. R. H. Nixon. 

1858. The Rev. Frederick Fitzgerald, A.M., appointed to the 
incumbency of Donnybrook, 6th January, the parish 
having been constituted a perpetual curacy, 1st of same 
month. 

1858. For particulars of the several Parochial Institutions 
of Booterstown at this date, see the "Booterstown Parish 
Almanack, 1858." The Almanack was issued likewise for 
the following year. 

1858. The Presbyterian Church, near Irishtown, erected. 

1859. The enlargement of St. Mary's Church, Donnybrook, 
by the addition of a chancel and transepts, commenced in 
the latter part of this year, under the direction of Joseph 
Welland, Esq., Architect to the Ecclesiastical Commis- 
sioners for Ireland. 



ANNALS. 99 



Jlulrhacotts of |ttblin, 

(from the year 1580.) 



[For a list of the Archdeacons of Dublin, with 
particulars, see Cotton's " Fasti Ecclesiae Hiber- 
nicae," vol. ii. pp. 127-132.] 



1580. Henry Ussher, D.D., the first Fellow of Trinity Col- 
lege, and Treasurer of Christ Church, Dublin. In 1595 
he became Archbishop of Armagh ; but continued to hold 
the archdeaconry until his death in 1613. See p. 64. 

1613. Launcelot Bulkeley, A.M. ; became Archbishop of 
Dublin in 1619. 

1619. Anthony Martin, D.D., Prebendary of Castleknock. 
In 1623 he was likewise Dean of Waterford : in 1625 he 
became Bishop of Meath ; and in 1645 Provost of Trinity 
College, of which he had been a Fellow. 

1625. John Haines. 

1636. William Bulkeley, A.M. (son of the Archbishop), 
Chancellor of St. Patrick's, Dublin (?) ; died in 1671. 

1672. Michael Delaune, A.M. 

1675. John Fitzgerald, B.D., late Prebendary of Donogh- 
more ; resigned in 1689. 

1690. Dive Downes, B.D., Senior Fellow of Trinity Col- 
lege ; became Bishop of Cork and Ross in 1699. 

1699. Richard Reader, D.D., Chancellor of Christ Church, 
and Dean of Emly. In 1700 he resigned the deanery 
and archdeaconry, and became Dean of Kilmore. 

1700. Enoch Reader, D.D., Dean of Kilmore: died in 1709, 
having held likewise the deanery of Emly. 



100 APPENDIX. 



1710. Thomas Hawley ; died in 1715. 

1715. Robert Dougatt, A.M. ; became Precentor of St. Pa- 
trick's in 1719. See p. 73. 

1719. Charles Whittingham, D.D. ; died in 1743. See 
p. 72. 

1743. Nicholas Synge, D.D., Prebendary of Malahidert, 
and Precentor of Elphin ; became Bishop of Killaloe in 
1745. 

1745. Richard Pococke, LL.D., Precentor of Waterford, 
and of Lismore; in 1756 became Bishop of Ossory, and 
was translated to Meath in 1765. See p. 75. 

1757. Isaac Mann, D.D., likewise Precentor of Christ Church ; 
became Bishop of Cork & Ross in 1772. See p. 74. 

1772. Edward Bayly, D.D., Dean of Ardfert ; died in 
1785. 

1785. Thomas Hastings, LL.D., Precentor of St. Patrick's ; 
died in 1794. 

1794. Robert Fowler, A.M., son of the Archbishop ; became 
Bishop of Ossory in 1813. 

1813. James Saurin, A.M., Dean of Cork; in 1818 be- 
came Dean of Derry, and Bishop of Dromore in 1819. 

1818. John Torrens, D.D., likewise Rector of Narragh- 
more, in the diocese of Kildare; died in 1851. See 
p. 97. 

1851. John West, D.D., Prebendary of Yagoe, and Vicar of 
St. Anne's, Dublin. The present Archdeacon. 



1824. James Bulwer, A.M. 

1825. Anthony Sillery, A.M. 
1832. Robert Herbert Nixon, A.M. 

1857. Beaver Henry Blacker, A.M., the present Incumbent. 



ANNALS. 



101 



1858. Frederick Fitzgerald, A.M., the present Incumbent. 



Cl^Iain of St. $0&n's, £»dpmmt. 

1850. William de Burgh, D.D., the present Chaplain. 



€j?a$.tetts at 3t IMtljeiu's, ptjjswfr. 

1723. John Bohereau, alias Borough. 

1726. Michael Hartlib, likewise Rector of Killary, or Kil- 
larvey, in the diocese of Meath. 

1741. Isaac Mann, D.D., likewise Rector of Killary, or 
Killarvey, and afterwards Archdeacon of Dublin. 

1750. Theophilus Brocas, A.M., likewise Dean of Killala. 

1764. John Brocas, A.M., likewise Dean of Killala. 

1795. Robert Ball, LL.B., likewise Prebendary and Vicar 
of Drurnholm, in the diocese of Raphoe. 

1828. John Evans Johnson, A.B., now D.D., and Archdeacon 
of Ferns. 

1831. Richard Henry Wall, D.D., the present Chaplain. 



1821. ^ 

1822. > Robert Alexander and James Digges La Toache. 

1823. ) 

1825* C -^°^ ert Alexander and Isaac Matthew D'Olier. 
1826. Isaac Matthew D'Olier and Samuel John Pittar. 



102 APPENDIX. 



1827. Robert Roe and Henry Lanauze. 

1828. John Elliott Hyndman and Charles Smith. 

1829. John Elliott Hyndman and Henry Lanauze. 

1830. Hill Wilson and Patrick Stack. 

1831. Jonathan Deverell and John Gill man. 

1832. Henry Cole and William Henry. 

1833. Henry Higinbotham and John Woods. 

1834. Isaac Matthew D'Olier and Charles Smith. ' 

1835. Sir J. H. Cairncross, K.C.B., and Hickman Kearney. 

1836. Thomas Beasley and Joseph Webster Talbot. 

1837. Arthur Ormsby and John Gillman. 

1838. Captain J. F. Cockburn and Charles Fletcher. 

1839. Capt. William Osborne and Nicholas W. Monsarrat. 

1840. James Kelly and Henry Carey Field, M.D. 

1841. George Bury and Richard Purdy. 

1842. Robert Kelly and Captain Charles Woodward. 

1843. Major William St. Clair and Digby Marsh. 

1844. Edmund Ball and Charles John Bond. 

1845. Captain William Smyth and Edward Browne. 

1846. Colonel Joseph Kelsall and Henry Wm. Mulvany. 

1847. Captain Richard J. Annesley and Wm. Pennefather. 

1848. Hugh Carmichael and James Wright. Captain An- 

nesley, vice Wright, resigned. 

1849. Edward Browne and David Wilson Hutcheson. 



18 
1851 



50 ) 

fi1 ' > Colonel Joseph Kelsall and Joseph Webster Talbot. 

1852. John Fitzgerald and George Reade Mac Mullen. 

1853. John Maturin and John Fitzgerald. 

1854. William P. Alcock and George Reade Mac Mullen. 

1855. John Fitzgerald and George Reade Mac Mullen. 



ANNALS. 103 



1856. George Reade Mac Mullen and Eugene Le Clerc, M.D. 

Richard Waring Pittar, vice Mac Mullen, deceased. 

1857. John Maturin and Henry Loft us Tottenham. 

1858. Henry Leland Keily and Edward Clark. 

1859. George Charles Armstrong, M.D., and John Reid. 



(from the year 1825.) 

1825. Francis Thos. Russell and Robert Wright. 

1826. Francis Thos. Russell and Daniel Ashford. 

1827. Thomas Wright and James Hill. 

1828. Capt. Christopher Foss and Thos. Popham Luscombe. 

1829. James Jameson and Alderman Thomas Abbott. 

1830. Captain C. Foss and Henry D'Anvers. 

1831. Charles Tisdall and Crofton Fitzgerald. 

1832. Captain C. Foss and Courtney Kenny Clarke. 

1833. Crofton Fitzgerald and J. V. E. Cartwright. 

1834. Alderman Arthur Morrisson and William Power. 

1835. Captain Wm. Loftus Otway and Sir Richard Baker. 

1836. Theophilus Page and Captain W. L. Otway. 

1837. Robert Corbet and James F. Madden. 

1838. John Porter and John Semple, jun. 

1839. Captain W. L. Otway and Robert Lovely. 

1840. Thomas Bridgford and George M. Walthew. 

1841. Henry Humphry s and John Hawkins Askins. 

1842. Patrick William Brady and William Henry Murray. 

1843. John Hewson and Robert Lovely. 

1844. Patrick Wm. Brady and George M. Walthew. 



104 APPENDIX. 



1845. Robert Lovely and Captain William Harris. 

1846. John Hewson and Wm. V. R. Buckley. 

1847. Henry Forde and Edward R.T. Colles. 

1848. Daniel Kinahan and John Wight. 

1849. Captain John W. Welsh and Robert Lovely. 

1850. Wm. V. R. Ruckley and James Kildahl Atkin. 

1851. John Taylor Hamerton and Henry Humphreys. 

1852. Alexander Sanson and James Jameson. 

1853. Bartholomew M. Tabuteau and Thos. H. Taylor. 

1854. Edward J. Quinan, M.D., and Robert B. Brunker. 

1855. Wm. V. R. Ruckley and Francis Salmon. 

1856. John Browne Johnston and John Richardson. 

1857. Edward Blacker and George Torrance. 

1858. Wm. V. R. Ruckley and Edward C. F. Hornsby. 

1859. William Henry Morris and John Brereton. 



BRIEF SKETCHES 

OF THE 

! arises of ^wtatofon Eittr jpimjjkad, 

IN THE 

COUNTY OF DUBLIN. 



REV. BEAVER H. BLACKER, A.M., 

Incumbent of Booterstown. 



" Attamen audendura est, et Veritas investiganda, quam si non omnino t 
querernur, tamen proprius ad earn, quam nunc sumus, tandem perveniemus." 



' Ell onlp for to publish plafne, 

ftpine past, tcine present, fcotl) ; 
STijat tpme to come, map toell retatne, 
Qi eaci) gooU t$mz t^e trotf)." 

— Thomas Churchyard. 



SECOND PART. 



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PRINTED BY GEORGE DROUGHT, 

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APPENDIX II. 



[Ix the composition of this Second Appendix to his 
" Brief Sketches of the Parishes of Boot erst own and 
Donnybrook " (which little volume was much more 
favourably received than he had reason to expect), 
the writer has taken no less care than in the pre- 
ceding portion. He could not, in an undertaking of 
the kind, lay claim to any great amount of origin- 
ality ; nor indeed, however troublesome (but not 
unpleasing) his task may have proved, would he seek 
the credit of being much more than a painstaking 
compiler. His object, in fact, has been not unlike 
that of Cicero, but under different circumstances : 
" Xon ut aliquid novi attulerim, sed ut ea, quae in 
infinito pene occurrunt, sub uno aspectu ponerentur." 
The Editor of Notes and Queries ', 2nd S. ix. 316, 
has well observed of Sir James Emerson Tennent's 
" Ceylon," that " the author is scrupulously careful 
in giving his authorities." This is a most impor- 
tant feature in a book, not always attended to ; and 
the writer of these pages has endeavoured, in an 
humble way, to merit the same commendation. 

H 



106 APPENDIX II. 



He cannot but be aware that many persons, even 
amongst those connected by residence or otherwise 
with the localities described, have little or no taste 
for publications of the kind. This is only to be 
expected ; and therefore he would say with Cam- 
den, who certainly is no mean authority : " If any 
there be which are desirous to be strangers in their 
own soile, and forrainers in their own citie, they 
may so continue, and therein flatter themselves. 
For such like T have not written these lines, nor 
taken these paines." 

Sir David Dalrymple (Lord Hailcs), in his "Annals 
of Scotland," vol. i. p. 336 n. (Edinburgh, 1797), 
writes, " I do not applaud Mr. Milne's Description of 
the parish of Melros, as very intelligent or very cor- 
rect ; yet I wish that every minister would do as much 
for the history of his own parish ;" and a writer in the 
Gentleman's Magazine, 1789, Part I., p. 223, ob- 
serves that " topography would afford great assist- 
ance to our antiquaries, if every clergyman was to 
adopt Mr. Warton's advice, and write the history of 
his parish." It was a feeling of this kind that in- 
duced the writer to draw up his " Brief Sketches," 
&c, and to commit them to the press. 

Conscious that what he has done can only be 
looked upon as an imperfect, though faithful, attempt 
to rescue some interesting particulars from oblivion, 



NOTES. 107 

and estimating it as merely preparatory to a complete 
description of these localities, he gladly takes the 
opportunity of thanking those friends who have 
aided him in his researches (especially William J. 
Fitzpatrick, Esq., of Kilmacnd Manor, Stillorgan, 
and John D'Alton, Esq., of Dublin), and of soliciting 
a continuance of their kind contributions. To adopt 
Archbishop Nicolson's words, as given in his " Irish 
Historical Library," p. xxxvi. : — " Great room 
there is for amendments, as well as additions ; and 
either of these, in what dress soever they come, 
rough or smooth, will be very heartily welcome to 
me." 



B. H. B. 



ROKEBY, BLACKROCK, DUBLIN, 

1st January, 1861.] 



Bffto 



[Continued from p. 58.] 

Note (ii) 9 p. 9. 

Fitzwilliam Family. — Some account of this noble family, 
which was for centuries so very closely connected with these 
parishes, and is now represented by the Right Hon. Sidney 
Herbert, M.P., the proprietor of "the Fitzwilliam Estate" 
(embracing the whole of the parish of Booterstown, and the 
greater part of Donnybrook), would naturally be looked for 
in these pages. Mr. Archdall, in his edition of " Lodge's 
Peerage of Ireland," has devoted sixteen closely-printed pages 
(vol. iv. pp. 306-321) to its history, to the year 1789. The 
present writer, feeling (as he has stated in p. 94) that even 
" more might well be in print respecting the Fitzwilliams 
of Merrion," hopes shortly, with the aid of unpublished docu- 
ments, to compile, and issue in a separate form, a full and 
detailed account ; and meanwhile he inserts, as being perhaps 
better adapted to the scope of this volume, a summary of what 
has appeared, taken chiefly from Archdall, and (with addi- 
tions) nearly the same as what may be found in the third 
edition of Burke's "Extinct and Dormant Peerage," p. 667 
(London, 1846). Mention has been made of many members 
of the family in the preceding pages. 

This family, presumed to have been a branch of the ancient 
house of Fitzwilliam in England, settled in Ireland in the 
time of King John. 

Richard (or Robert) Fitzwilliam, of Ballymon, living in 
the reign of Edward II., left issue by Ellena, his wife, two 
sons, William; and Robert, living in 1342. 

William Fitzwilliam, in 1348 (22 Edw. III.), was par- 
doned by the King all transgressions and murders he had, or 



NOTES. 109 



might have committed in the exercise of martial law upon 
the Irish, who bordered on the English Pale ; to restrain whose 
incursions, he built the castle of Wicklow, of which he was 
made Constable; and in 1375, was appointed Chief Com- 
mander and Governor of all that part of the country. He 
left a daughter Elizabeth, m, Sir Thomas de Musgrave ; and 
a son, 

William Fitzwilliam, who was Sheriff of the county of 
Meath in 1381, held several very responsible offices, and d. 
in 1397. He left a son, 

John Fitzwilliam, who was slain the year following, and 
left by Christiana, his wife, a son, 

Henry Fitzwilliam, who had a lease of certain lands and 
tenements in the Nardenesse, Berragh, and Fingowere, in 
the marches of the county of Dublin, which were the King's 
demenses, and which he preserved at very great expense and 
care ; in respect whereof, King Henry IV. committed unto 
him the custody of those lands for twenty years, with the 
fee of ten marks a-year thereout, by patent dated at Dun- 
boyne, 14th June, 1403. He was s. by 

Thomas Fitzwilliam, who, in the said King's reign, was 
Constable of the town of Swordes, and had a daughter Feli- 
cia, m. Walter, third son of Sir Robert Cruise, of Grallagh 
and Tirrelston ; and a son, 

Richard Fitzwilliam, living at Donnybrook in 1432, and 
(it is presumed) the father of 

Philip Fitzwilliam, to whom King Henry VI. granted a 
sum of money out of the ground-rents, which he was to pay 
for his manor of Thorncastle, in order to enable him to build 
a fort there, which in 1437 had been destroyed by the Irish. 
In 1442 he was living at Merryong ; and in 1446, being one 
of the counsellors and servants of Richard Duke of York, had 
a remittal of all the chief rent he was to pay the King, 
during life. He was s. by 

Stephen Fitzwilliam, who in 1463 held the manor of 
Thorncastle, and was s. by 

William Fitzwilliam, m. Anne, only daughter of Thomas 
Cruise, Esq., of the Naull, in the county of Dublin, and left 
a son, 



110 APPENDIX II. 



Richard Fitzwilliam, m. Genet (or Margaret) Hollywood, 
of Tartaine, by whom he had a sod, 

Thomas Fitzwilliam, of Meryon, Brey, and Bagotrath, in 
the county of Dublin, of which he was Sheriff in 1511 (3 
Henry V1IL), and is proved by inquisition to have died in 
1529. He m. Eleanor, daughter of John Dowdall, Esq., 
third son of Sir John Dowdall, of Newtown, and had three 
sons and two daughters, 

1. Richard, of Bagotrath, his heir. 

2. Sir William, of the Great Park at Windsor, Clerk of 
the Hanaper in 1552, M.P. for the county of Carlow in 
1559 (2 Eliz.), and by Jane, his wife, had four daughters, 
the third of whom m. Christopher, fourth Viscount Gor- 
manstown. 

3. Sir (?) Nicholas, Prebendary of Bally more, and Trea- 
surer of St. Patrick's, Dublin. See p. 63. 

4. Margaret, m. William (Mac-Theobald) Walsh, Esq., 
of Carrigmaine, in the county of Dublin, and had issue. 

5. Alison, m. first, Christopher Ussher, Bailiff of Dublin 
in 1500, and twice Mayor thereof; secondly, Sir James 
Fitz-Symons, of Dublin; and thirdly, Alderman James 
Sedgrave. 

Richard Fitzwilliam, of Bagotrath, * who in 1527 (19 
Henry VIII.) was one of the Gentlemen of the Bedchamber. 
He m. Catherine, daughter of Robert Bathe, Esq., of Kepoke, 
in the county of Dublin, and had three sons, 

1. Thomas, his heir. 

2. Michael, of Donamore (or Dunore), in the county 
of Meath, Surveyor- General of the Crown-lands in the 
reigns of Edward VI., Mary, and Elizabeth ; m. Mary, 
daughter of Jenico, third Viscount Gormanstown, and had 
a son, William, who s. his father at Donamore, and left a 
son Patrick, and other issue. 

3. John. 

Sir Thomas Fitzwilliam, Knt., of Meryon and Bagotrath, 
M.P. for the county of Dublin in 1559, Sheriff thereof in 
1561, Constable of Wicklow in 1566 (8 Eliz.), &c. He m. 
Genet, daughter of Patrick Finglas, Esq., of Westpalston, 
Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer in Ireland, and d. 9th 
November, 1592. He had three sons and one daughter, 

1. Richard, his heir. 



NOTES. Ill 



2. Nicholas, of Holmpatrick and Balldungan, in the 
county of Dublin, m. Mabel, daughter of Walter Nangle, 
Esq., of Kildalky, in the county of Meath. He d, 5th 
December, 1635, and "was buried with his ancestors in 
the church of Donnybrooke," leaving two sons, Thomas 
and Nicholas (or Patrick), and tive daughters. 

3. Thomas, of Moylagh, m. Mary, daughter of Chris- 
topher Segrave, Esq., of Dublin, and had a son, Thomas, 
d. s. p. 

4. Catherine, m. first, James Plunket, Esq., of Dun- 
soghly, in the county of Dublin, son and heir of Sir John 
Plunket, Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench in 
Ireland; and secondly, Christopher, fourth Viscount Gor- 
manstowu. She d. in February, 1602. 

Sir Richard Fitzwilliam, of Meryon, Constable of the cas- 
tle of Wicklow, and Lord Warden of the marches of Leinster 
in the reign of Queen Elizabeth. He m. Jane, daughter of 

Preston, and d. 5th March, 1595, leaving five sons and 

two daughters, 

1. Thomas, his heir. 

2. William, of Dundrum, m. in 1614, Mary, widow of 
Henry Ussher, D.D., Archbishop of Armagh, but d. s. p. 
16th July, 1616. . 

3. Christopher, d. s. p. in 1649. 

4. Patrick, killed by Sir Robert Newcomen, leaving no 
issue. 

5. Richard, u of the Rock," m. the daughter of Sir 
Thady DurTe, Knt, of Dublin. 

6. Catherine, m. Henry Cheevers, Esq., of Monkstown, 
in the county of Dublin, and by him, who d. in June, 
1640, had, with others, a son Walter, m. Alison, daughter 
of Nicholas, first Viscount Netterville. 

7. Mary, m. first, Matthew, fifth Baron Louth, who d. 
19th July, 1629, leaving issue; and secondly, Gerald Ay 1- 
mer, Esq. 

Sir Thomas Fitzwilliam, of Meryon, knighted 23rd Au- 
gust, 1608, and Sheriff of the county of Dublin in the ensuing 
year; and created, 5th August, 1629, Baron Fitzwilliam, of 
Thorncastle, and Viscount Fitzwilliam, of Meryon, in the 
peerage of Ireland. His lordship repaired to Dublin, 24th 
October, 1641, the day after the breaking out of the rebellion, 
and waiting on the Lords Justices, made a tender of his best 



112 APPENDIX II. 



services to the Crown ; but, being a Roman Catholic, his offer 
was refused, and he went to England, where, with his two 
sons, he faithfully served King Charles L, who, in recom- 
pense, granted him a privy-seal for an English earldom, 
dated at Oxford, 1st May, 1645, but the Great Seal not being 
then in the power of that unhappy monarch, the patent was 
not legally perfected. He m. 23rd August, 1605, Margaret, 
eldest daughter of Oliver, fourth Baron Louth, and had four 
sons, 

1. Richard (by some wrongly named Thomas), m. 

Elinor, daughter of Stanihurst, and widow of Sir 

Henry Pierce, of Shercock, in the couuty of Cavan, d. s.p. 
in his father's lifetime. 

2. Oliver, his heir. 

3. Christopher, m. Jane, daughter of Brereton, 

Esq., of Maipas. in Cheshire, and left a daughter, Alicia. 

4. William, s. his brother Oliver. 

Oliver, second Viscount Fitzwilliam, a distinguished mili- 
tary officer, and in command of 3000 men, whom, as he had 
stipulated with the King of France, he brought there from 
England and Ireland. Being Lieutenant- General under the 
Marquess of Ormonde, he achieved a complete victory at 
Roscommon, by which he gained the province of Connaught 
to the King's service. He was created Earl of Tyrconnel 
by King Charles II., by patent dated 20th April, 1663 ; or 
rather 1661, as we find him Earl of Tyrconnel 29th July 
in that year, and 9th July, 1662, he took his seat by 
proxy in the House of Lords. He m. first, Dorothy, sister 
to his brother Christopher's wife ; and secondly, Lady 
Eleanor Holies, eldest daughter of John, first Earl of 
Clare; but d. s. p. 11th April, 1667 (see p. 51 for a copy 
of the inscription on his tomb at, Donnybrook), when the 
earldom became extinct, while the other titles devolved upon 
his brother, 

William, third Viscount Fitzwilliam, Lieutenant- Colonel 
of the 3000 men who were taken to France by his brother, 
and in the time of the civil wars Governor of Whitchurch, in 
Shropshire, and Lieutenant-General of that county. He m. 
the daughter of Thomas Luttrell, Esq., of Luttrellstown 
(now known as Woodlands), in the county of Dublin, and 
sister to Thomas Luttrell, Esq., of Kanaghan, in the county 
of Westmeath (who by will, dated 4th July, 1673, settled 
his estate of Ranaghan, and Caliaghtowne, on his nephew 



NOTES. 113 



Thomas, afterwards Viscount Fitzwilliam), and dying before 
the year 1681, had issue the said Thomas, his only son, and 
five daughters, of whom the second, Rose, m. Christopher 
Malpas, Esq., of Winston, and d. 1st March, 1744, leaving 
a son, John Malpas, Esq., of Rochestown, in the county of 
Dublin. 

Thomas, fourth Viscount Fitzwilliam, who for his attach- 
ment to King James II. was outlawed, but the outlawry was 
subsequently reversed. (See D'Alton's " King James' Irish 
Army List, "l689," vol. ii. p. 792.) Hem. first, Mary, daugh- 
ter of Sir Philip Stapleton, Bart., of Wigill, in Yorkshire, by 
whom he had Richard, his heir ; and a daughter, m. her first 
cousin, Stephen Fitzwilliam Browne, Esq., of Castle -Browne 
(now Clongowes' Wood College), in the county of Kildare. 
He m. secondly, Elizabeth, sister of George Pitt, Esq., of 
Strathfieldsaye, in Hampshire, and by her had a daughter 
Mary, m. 11th March, 1718, George, fourteenth Earl of 
Shrewsbury. Dying 20th February, 1704, he was s. by his 
only son, 

Richard, fifth Viscount Fitzwilliam, who conformed to the 
Established Church, and took his seat in the Irish House of 
Lords, 25th May, 1710. He was called into the Privy 
Council 9th October, 1714, as he was also by King George 
II. on his accession to the throne ; and in January, 1726, be 
was elected M.P. for the borough of Fowey, in Cornwall. 
He m. Frances, only daughter of Sir John Shelley, Bart., of 
Michael- Grove, in Sussex, and dying at Thorpe, in Surrey, 
6th June, 1743, was buried at Donnybrook. By her, who 
d. 11th December, 1771, aged 99, he had three sons and two 
daughters, 

1. Richard, his heir. 

2. W T illiam, appointed in July, 1747, Usher of the 
Black-Rod in Ireland, m. 4th December, 1750, the only 
daughter of Thomas Bouchier, Esq., and had an only child 
Julia, d. unm,. in July, 1770. 

3. John, elected M.P. for New Windsor in 1754, Colonel 
of the second Regiment of Foot, and made, 26th March, 
1765, a Lieutenant- General. In October, 1751, he m. 
Barbara, daughter of Edward Chandler, D.D., Bishop of 

Durham, and widow of Cavendish, Esq. ; and d. s. 

2?. 31st July, 1789. See the Gent. Mag. 1789, Part ii. p. 
766, for particulars of his property. 

4. Mary, m. first, 28th August, 1733, Henry, ninth 



114 APPENDIX II. 



Earl of Pembroke (and sixth Earl of Montgomery), by 
whom she had an only son ; and secondly, in September, 
1751, North Ludlow Bernard, Esq., Major of Dragoons. 
She d. 13th February, 1769. 

5. Frances, m. 18th (or 23rd) May, 1732, George, se- 
cond Baron Carbery, and had three sons and a daughter. 

Richard, sixth Viscount Fitzwilliam, K.C.B., a Privy 
Councillor, Vice- Admiral of Leinster, and a Fellow of the 
Royal Society. He m. 3rd May, 1744, Catherine, daughter 
of Sir Matthew Decker, Bart., of Richmond, in Surrey, and 
dying 25th May, 1776, " was interred in Donnybrook- 
chapel." By her, who d. 18th March, 1748, he had four 
sons, 

1. Richard, his heir. 

2. William, m. 25th August, 1782, the only daughter 
and heiress of John Eames, Esq., Master of Chancery in 
England. 

3. John, s. his brother Richard in his titles. 

4. Thomas, m. in July, 1780, Agnes, daughter of 

Macclesfield, Esq. 

Richard, seventh Viscount Fitzwilliam, of whom several 
particulars have been given in p. 89, and who d. unm. 4th 
February, 1816, when the principal portion of his property 
passed, according to the terms of his will (dated 18th Au- 
gust, 1815, and printed at full length in 3 and 4 Wm. IV., 
c. xxvi. s. 1, and 5 and 6 Vict. c. xxiii. s. 1), to George 
Augustus, eleventh Earl of Pembroke, and are now in the 
possession of that nobleman's second son, the Right Hon. 
Sidney Herbert, while the honours of the family devolved 
upon his brother, 

John, eighth Viscount Fitzwilliam, on whose death s.p. in 
1833, the viscountcy of Fitzwilliam, of Meryon, and the 
barony of Fitzwilliam, of Thorncastle, which had existed for 
more than two hundred years, became extinct. 

Note (jj), P- 9. 

Thr Half-Barony of Rathdown. — In the year 1654 

(see p. 67), on a minute survey of this district, it was stated 

to contain twenty-three castles in good preservation, besides 

the remains of others, and of fortified houses ; that its extent 



NOTES. 115 

in length was eight miles, and in breadth four ; and that of 
its superficial contents, 5,945a. belonged to Irish Papist pro- 
prietors, 1,752a. to English Protestant proprietors, and 
1,595a. to the Church. The document in question, entitled 
" A Survey of the Half-Barony of Rathdown, in the County 
of Dublin. By Order of Charles Fleetwood, Lord Deputy, 
October 4th, 1654," is given in Lodge's " Desiderata Curiosa 
Hibernica," vol. ii. pp. 529-568 ; and will amply repay the 
reader for his trouble. " The soil thereof," as it is stated, 
"for the most part is dry and hot, having nor woods, bogs, 
mines, or quarries thereon, only some rocky pastures, which 
are of very little use;" and "the said half- barony contains 
eleven parishes [Donnebrook (the greater part of), &c], 
whose names are expressed in the title of this Survey." Ac- 
cording to " an abstract of the number of acres in the respective 
parishes aforesaid, belonging to Irish Papist proprietors," there 
were in Donnebrook — 40 meadow, 140 arable, 10 pasture 
and mount : total. 190. Belonging in same parish to English 
Protestant proprietors, there were — 5 meadow, 200 arable, 
35 pasture : total, 240. There were no Church-lands. 

As the clearest method of conveying the desired informa- 
tion to the reader, an exact reprint of two pages in the second 
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118 APPENDIX II. 



The Survey, of which the foregoing is a specimen (con- 
taining all that relates to the present parishes of Booterstown 
and Donnybrook), was taken by order of the Commonwealth 
Government, to ascertain the lands forfeited by reason of the 
Rebellion of 1641, preparatory to the mapping and distri- 
buting of the lands among the adventurers and soldiers, in 
which are set down the various owners in fee ; but no notice 
is taken of the lessees and tenants in occupation. This Sur- 
vey, afterwards known as " The Civil Survey " was a report 
of the extent and value of the lands according to evidence 
obtained from the late proprietors' agents and tenants on the 
spot, with the aid of a jury, but was not accompanied by 
any map or survey "by down admeasurement," as surveying 
and mapping was then called. It was made for State pur- 
poses, and ordered by the State. Sir William Petty's Survey 
was made by chain, &c, for the purpose of being mapped, 
and was called a "down"* survey, which distinguished it 
from the former. The term "civil" survey, attached to the 
other, may have marked another distinction, Petty's being 
undertaken for the army. The Civil Survey was, by the 
Act of Settlement, ordered to be handed to the Commissioners 
for executing that Act, as containing the names of the pro* 
prietors whose estates were to be adjudicated upon, and was 
afterwards burnt in the great fire that destroyed the Council 
Chamber in 1711. See the "Transactions of the Kilkenny 
Archaeological Society," 2nd Series, vol. iii., p. 79. 

It may be well to state, in explanation of the term " half- 
barony," that the other moiety of Rathdown formerly belonged 
to Dublin, but when Wicklow was formed into a county, in 



* " Childish as the etymon has always sounded in my ears," wrote the 
late Mr. Weale, " I am obliged to admit that the Survey obtained its 
name solely from the continued repetition of the expressions, ' by the 
survey laid down,' ' laid down by admeasurement,' in contra-distinction 
to Worsley's surveys, the word Down being so written as often as it 
occurs in the MS." See Petty's " History of the Down Survey " 
1655-6), edited by the present Major-General Larcom for the Irish 
Archaeological Society. 



NOTES. 119 



1605, was annexed thereto on the recommendation of the jury 
impannelled to ascertain the boundaries, and who, after defin- 
ing those of Wicklow proper, add, " And further we think it 
meet and necessary, in respect of the infertility, wasteness, 
and small scope of the said countries and towns, and the in- 
civility of the inhabitants for the most part thereof, that the 
half-barony of Rathdown, lying on this side the river Bray, 
now bearing with the county of Dublin, be added and ad- 
joined to these countries, lying to them very conveniently 
within very notable mears, and without which the said coun- 
tries and towns, as we think, are scarce worthy to be termed 
a county." See D' Alton's " History of the County of Dublin," 
p. 807. 



Note (kk), p- 10. 

Donnybrook Church " On Sunday last [the 28th] 

this parish church was reopened for Divine service on the 
completion of an extensive addition and alteration effected 
during the past fourteen months, under the superintendence 
of the architects of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, Mr. 
Farrell, of Went worth- place, being the contractor. The 
church is now one of the most commodious, as well as one of 
the finest, of our Irish churches. The design of the enlarge- 
ment [chancel and transepts] reflects the greatest credit on 
the architect [Joseph Welland, Esq., who died in March, 
1860], and the manner in which the design has been carried 
out is what might be expected from Mr. Farrelh ... On 
the whole, the building and all its appointments evince a 
desire on the part of those engaged in its completion that 
the work of God's house should be honestly and well done. 
The morning service on Sunday was attended by a very 
crowded congregation, who seemed to be much impressed by 
the solemnity of the occasion. . . . The Archbishop of 
Dublin preached the sermon, selecting his text from the 
Epistle for the day. His Grace impressed on the congrega- 
tion, in very powerful and lucid language, the benefit of 
united worship, and alluded to the value of having a house 
such as the present one set apart for the service of God. . . . 
The sermon [in the evening was] preached by the Incumbent 



120 APPENDIX II. 



[Rev. Frederick Fitzgerald], selecting his text from the First 
Lesson for the morning, Habakkuk ii. 20. We congratulate 
the parishioners of Donnybrook on the successful result of their 
exertions for the improvement of their church ; and we trust 
their example will induce other parishes to ' go and do like- 
wise/ " {Saunders's News-Letter, 30th October, 1860). See 
also the Irish Times, 29 th October, and the Irish Ecclesias- 
tical Gazette, 15th November. 



Note (U), p. 10. 

Derivation of " Donnybrook." — The following very- 
interesting particulars, contributed by the Rev. Dr. Todd, 
S.F.T.C.D., appeared in Notes and Queries, 2nd S. ix. 226 
(24th March, 1860), in reply to a correspondent: — 

" The ancient spelling of this name in the Irish language is 
Domhnach-broc, ' the Church of Broc,' or Saint Broc. 

" Domhnach (Dominica domus), is a frequent element in 
Irish topographical names : as Doinhnach-patruic, now 
Don agh patrick (' the Church of Patrick '), co. Meath ; 
Domhnach-mor, now Donaghmore (' the Great Church '), 
a name given to several places in Ireland ; Domhnach 
Maighen (' Church of St. Maighen '), now Donaghmoyne, 
co. Monaghan, &c. 

" Douenachbrock* the old Anglicised spelling of the name 
1 Domhnach broc, 5 very well represents the Irish pronunci- 
ation, if we read Dou as if Bow, to rhyme with the English 
word how, and pronounce the e short. We find also, in the 
Anglo-Irish authorities, the spelling of Dunhambroke, Dona- 
broke, &c, which are corrupt: although the latter approaches 
very nearly the present pronunciation of the name Donny- 
brook. 

" The name of St. Broc does not occur in the Irish Martyr - 
ologies ; but she is mentioned in the unpublished work of 
Aengus the Culdee, On the Mothers of the Saints of Ireland, 
and again in the Genealogy of the Sairits of Ireland, attributed 
to the same author — both which tracts are preserved in the 



* Dean Butler, in his edition of the Registrum, Prioratus Omnium 
Sanctorum (published by thy Irish Archaeological Society), spells this 
name Bonenahcbroch (p. 67). But this is a mistake. 



NOTES. 121 



valuable MS. called the ' Book of Leacan,' now in the library 
of the Royal Irish Academy.* 

" As this author flourished in the latter half of the eighth 
century, t St. Broc must have lived in or before that period, 
if we receive the works alluded to as genuine. They are re- 
peatedly quoted as the genuine works of Aengus, by Colgan, 
in his Acta Sanctorum Hibemi(E,% but it is more than probable 
that they have been interpolated. So that the absence of her 
name from the Martyrologies (including the Metrical Mar- 
ty rology of Aengus himself), militates undoubtedly against 
this early date. 

"In the tract, On the Mothers of the Saints ('Book of 
Leacan,' fol. 34. a. a.), St. Broc is enumerated amongst the 
seven daughters of Dallbronach in these words : — 
11 ' Secht ningena la Dallbronach, de quibus dicitur : — 

Broicseaeh, Sanct-Broc, Curaman, Caemell, 

Fainche, Findbarr, Feidelm, 

Secht ningena sin adeirini, 

Dallbronaigh adfeidim.' 

11 1 make no apology for translating this : — 

41 • Dallbronach had seven daughters, of whom the poet says :— 
Broicseaeh, St. Broc, Cumman, Caemel, 
Fainche, Findbarr, Feidelm, 
These the seven daughters, I say, 
Of Dallbronach, I relate.' 

" And again, in the book Of the Genealogies of the Saints 
('Book of Leacan,' fol. 46. b. b.) : — 

" *■ Secht ningena Dallbronaich, do Dal-Concobair, las na Desib breg, 
anso ; — 

Broicsech 

Sanct-Broc 

Cumain 

[Caemel] 

Fuinche 

Fmbarr 

Feidil.' 

" Which may be thus translated : — 

" * The seven daughters of Dallbronach, of Dal-Conchobhair, of the 
Desii of Bregia, viz. : — 1 
[Then follow the same names as before, with the exception of Caemel, 

which is necessary in order to make up the number of seven.] 

"We know nothing of this Dallbronach, except what we 

* The Tract, On the Mothers of the Saints, is now ready for publica- 
tion by the Irish Archaeol. and Celtic Society, with a translation and 
notes by the Rev. Dr. Reeves. 

t See Ware's Writers of Ireland, ed. Harris, p. 51, sq. 

% See Act. SS., p. 52, n. 5. ; p. 142, n. 33. ; p. 189. n. 6. ; p. 783. n. 
2, 3. Trias Thaum., p. 477. col. 2. et alibi. 

I 



3 



122 



APPENDIX II. 



learn from this short notice, viz. — that he was of Dal-Con- 
chobhair (the territory of the Connors), in Desii of Bregia, 
now the barony of Deeee, in the south of the co. Meath, 
called also the Desii of Tara. See Dr. O'Donovan's note 
(Four Masters, a.d. 753, p. 356). 

" Although no records, so far as I know, exist of the 
ancient monastic establishment of St. Broc at Donnybrook 
(for it had probably ceased to exist before the English in- 
vasion of Ireland in the twelfth century), it seems certain 
that there was what we would now call a nunnery there in 
ancient times, from the following notice of St. Mobi, in the 
' Martyrology of Donegal ' (MS.) at the 30th of Septem- 
ber :— 



' Mobi Cailleacb Dombnaigh Broc/ 
(i*. e. Mobi, a nun of Donnybrook). 



" J. H. Todd. 



• Trinity College, Dublin.' 



Note (mm), p. 10. 



Downes Family.. — The fee of the greater part of the 
village of Donnybrook and its immediate neighbourhood has 
for many years past belonged to the Downes family, and is 
now vested in Lord Downes ; and therefore some particulars 
of the family, which is frequently mentioned in this volume, 
may here very fitly appear. 

Dive Downes, D.D., whose family came from Suffolk, was 
the son of the Rev. Lewis Downes, Rector of Thornby, in 
Northamptonshire, where he was born 16th October, 1653; 
and having been educated in Trinity College, Dublin, of 
which he was elected a Fellow in 1675, became Archdeacon 
of Dublin in 1690 (see p. 99), and Bishop of Cork and Ross 
in 1699. He was four times married. By his first and 
second wives he had no issue: by the third (Elizabeth, 
daughter of Thomas Beecher, Esq., of the county of Cork) 
he had one daughter, Elizabeth ; and by the fourth (Lady 
Catherine Fitzgerald, fourth daughter of John, eighteenth 



NOTES. 123 



Earl of Kildare, in. 19th August, 1707, and d. 31st October, 
1756) he had a son, 

Robert; and a posthumous daughter, Anne, m- Thomas 
Burgh, Esq., of Bert House, in the county of Kildare, and 
had, with other children, 

Thomas Burgh, Esq., of Bert House, m. in 1775, Anne, 
only daughter of David Aigoin, Esq., and d. in 1810, 
leaving, with a daughter Anne, m, in 1806, Nathaniel 
Sneyd, Esq., M.P., subsequently of Chesterfield, Cross- 
avenue, Booterstown, 

Ulysses, the present Lord Downes, who, in 1848 
(with his cousins, Thomas Burgh, Esq., of Oldtown 
House, in the county of Kildare, the Rev. Walter 
Burgh, Vicar of Naas, Major John Burgh, of Dublin, 
and the Rev. William Burgh, now Chaplain of St. 
John's, Sandymount), was authorized to resume his 
ancient name of De Burgh. 

Bishop Downes, who has been described by Archbishop King 
as " a man considerable for gravity, prudence, and learning, 
in divinity, ecclesiastical law, and other sciences," wrote an 
interesting " Tour through the Dioceses of Cork and Ross," 
preserved amongst the MSS. in Trinity College, Dublin. 
Dying in Dublin, 13th November, 1709, he was buried at St. 
Andrew's, in that city, and was s. by his only son, 

Robert Downes, Esq., of Donny brook Castle, M.P. for 
the county of Kildare, m. 18th February, 1737, Elizabeth, 
daughter of Thomas Twigge, Esq., of Donnybrook (see p. 
92), and dying suddenly, 25th June, 1754, left (with a 
daughter, d. unm. 16th June, 1792) two sons, 

1. Dive, in holy orders. 

2. William (see p. 92), called to the Irish Bar in 1796. 

Dive Downes, LL.D., of Donnybrook, Prebendary of May- 
nooth, in the diocese of Dublin, and of Rathangan, in the 
diocese of Kildare, 1775-1794, Chaplain in Ordinary to his 
Majesty {Gent. Mag. 1796, Part 1. p. 446), d. s. p. in 1798, 
and was s. by his brother, 

The Right Hon. William Downes, LL.D., who in 1791, 



124 APPENDIX II. 



while M.P. for the borough of Donegal, was raised to the 
Bench as a Puisne Judge, and on the murder of Lord Viscount 
Kilwarden in 1803, was appointed in his stead Lord Chief 
Justice of the Court of King's Bench. He resigned in 1822, 
when he was created an Irish Peer, by the title of Baron 
Downes, of Aghanville, in the King's County, with remain- 
der, in default of male issue, to his cousin, Sir Ulysses Burgh, 
the claimant of a common progenitor with the great house of 
Clanricarde. Lord Downes was Vice- Chancellor of the Uni- 
versity of Dublin, 1806-1816 ; and dying without issue, 3rd 
March, 1826, in his 75th year, was s. by the present Lord 
Downes, 

Ulysses De Burgh, K.C.B,, a Representative Peer of Ire- 
land (1833), a General in the Army, and Colonel of the 29th 
Foot; b. 15th August, 1788; m. first, 20th June, 1815, 
Maria, only daughter of the late Walter Bagenal, Esq., repre- 
sentative of the family of Bagenal, of Bagenalstown ; and 
by her, who d. 20th August, 1842, has two daughters, Anne, 
m. in 1838, John Henry, third Earl of Clonmel ; and Char- 
lotte, m. in 1851, the Hon. Lieut.-Col. James Colborne, eldest 
son of Field Marshal Lord Seaton. Lord Downes m. secondly, 
4th August, 1846, Christophena, daughter of the late James 
Buchanan, Esq., " of that ilk," N.B., and widow of John 
Willis Fleming, Esq., M.P., of Stoneham Park, in Hampshire, 
who left issue ; and by her, who d. 13 th October, 1860, has 
no issue. 

Note (nn) : p. 11. 

Donnybrook Graveyard Besides the three inscrip- 
tions given in pp. 38-40, the following, with many more, 
are extant : — 



" Hereunder lyeth the body of Thomas Jordan, son of 
Richard Jordan and Katerin [illegible], who died the 15th 
of October, 1629." [The remainder illegible.] 



NOTES. 125 



II. 



" Hereunder lyeth the body of William Nally, of [ille- 
gible], in the county of Dublin, Gen 1 , who departed this 
life October y e 7th, 1669." [Mr. D'Alton mentions him as 
11 William Mally, of Roebuck." His descendant, Leonard 
Mac Nally (see p. 90), was here interred 8th June, 1820.] 



" Hereunder lieth y e body of Micheal Wills, and his son 
and daughter, Micheal and Sara Wills, who departed this life 
in y e yeare of our Lord 1675; and his wife, Joanna Wills, 
who deceased this life y e 18th of Dec r , 1713. Mary Wills, 
late wife of Isaac Wills, died March y e 16th, Anno Dom. 
1732, aged — 6 years. Captain Isaac Wills departed the 
first day of June, 1753, aged 86 years." 



" Eichard Gauzier's burying-place, who deceased in y e 
year 1680. Here allsoe lieth the body of Grace Ferman, 
late wife to Cap tn Robert Gauszer, of Ringsend, who de- 
parted this life the 10th day of June, 1723, in the 46th 
year of her age." 



" Here lieth the body of Ellen Hall, wife of W m Hall, of 
Coldblow [near Donny brook], who died Oct r , 1708. Also 
the body of s d W m Hall, who died Ap 1 , 1711 . Also the body 
of Cath e Hall, wife of Tho s Hall, died Mar. 1735. Also the 
body of s d Tho s Hall, son of s d W m and Ellen, and husband 
of s d Cath e , died 1744. Also the body of Sarah Lamb, wife 
of Ja s Lamb, and daugh r of s d Tho s and Cath e Hall, died 
Oct r , 1751. Also the body of Jane Dunn, wife of Christ r 
Dunn, and daugh r of s d Tho s and Cath e Hall, died Ap 1 , 1764. 
Also the body of Cath e Montgomery, daugh r of Christ r and 
Jane Dunn, and wife of Rich d Montgomery, of Dublin, died 
Jan y , 1769. Also the body of Jane Audouin, daug r of s d 
Ja s and Sarah Lamb, and wife of Ja s Audouin, died Nov r , 
1771. Also the body of Ja s Lamb, died Ap 1 , 1780. Also the 
body of Hall Lamb, son of s d Ja s and Sarah Lamb, died Sep r , 
1801, aged 52 y rs . Here also lie interred the remains of the 
late Mrs. Jane Audouin Lamb, daughter of the above-named 
Richard and Catherine Montgomery, and wife of George 



126 APPENDIX II. 



Audouin Lamb, of Easthill, in the county of Wicklow, Esqr. 
She died the 2nd day of June, 1824, in the 60th year of her 



VI. 

" Here lyeth the body of Ellis Welch, who departed this life 
the 2nd day of November, 1708, in the [illegible, the inscrip- 
tion appearing to have been a long one.]" 



" Here lies the body of Mr. Simon Johnston, of Buters- 
town, who departed this life May 1st, 1716, aged 67 years. 
Also the body of his grandson, Robert Warren." [ u Buried, 
John, son to William and Moonday Warren, 10th January, 
1726." — Donnybrook Parish Register. ~\ 



" This stone and burial-place belongeth to Mr. Tho" Wil- 
kinson, of Castle-street, in the city of Dublin, and to his 
posterity. Here lieth the body of his grandfather, George 
Wilkinson, who first erected this stone, A.D. 1729. Also the 
remains of his father, Tho s Wilkinson, who departed this life 
A.D. 1792, and five of his children who died young." 



" Here lyeth the body of Mr. Matthew Johnson, who 
departed this life the 24th day of January, 1732, in the 56th 
year of his age ; and four of his children. Also his eldest 
daughter Elinor, who died July y e 14th, 1736, aged 33 
years. Here also lyeth the body of Elizabeth Johnson, wife 
to the above Matthew Johnson, who departed this life Oc- 
tober y e 17th, 1745, aged 67 years. And also Jane King, 
daughter of y e above Matt w Johnson, who departed this 
IifeDec r 22rid, 1761, aged 52 years." 



u Here lies the body of Mrs. Mary Lloyd [or ' Floyd'], wife 
of Mr. Evan Lloyd, who departed this life the 15th of August, 
1746. Here lies the body of Mrs. Elinor Lloyd, wife of Mr. 
Griffith Lloyd [son of the above-named Evan, baptized 7th 
February, 1729], with 3 of her children. She departed this 
life the 25th of August, 1765. Here also lies the body of 



NOTES. 127 



Mr. Evan Lloyd, who departed this life the 29 th of Septem- 
ber, 1765, in the 64th year of his age." 



M This stone and burial-place belongeth to Mr. Edward 
Langford and his posterity. Underneath is interred the 
remains of the above-named Edward, who departed this life 
the 9th of March, 1747, in the 68th year of his age. This 
stone was purchased by Elinor Langford, his wife." 

XII. 

u Here lyeth the body of Mr. Robert Billing, who de- 
parted this life the 29th of Sep 1 *, Anno Domini 1755, aged 58 
years. Here lyeth the body of Mrs. Mary Billing, wife of 
the above Robert, who departed this life the 7th of Nov r , 
Anno Domini 1759, aged 52 years." 



" This stone was erected by Mrs. Catherine Daly, in me- 
mory of her husband, Maurice Daly, who departed this life 
18th of April, 1756, aged 54. Here lieth the above Cat ne 
Daly, who departed this life Feb 17 6th, 1780, aged 65 
years." 



" Here lyeth the body of Major John Plukenett [of Donny- 
brook], who departed this life the first day of January, 
1758, aged 6Q. Arthur Richards Neville [of York- street, 
Dublin], died April 14th, 1828, aged 74 years. He was 
through life in truth that noblest work of God, an honest 
man. Died October the 4th, 1833, aged 75 years, Charity, 
wife of A. R. Neville." [Many members of this family are 
here interred.] 



" Near this place are deposited the remains of the Right 
Hon ble James Tynte [of Dunlavan, in the county of Wick- 
low], and Rob* Tynte [buried 25th June, 1760], Esquires, 
grandfather and father of Sir James Stratford Tynte [Bart., 
13th November, 1785]. Also the remains of James Tynte 
[12th April, 1758], his son, and Martha [11th March, 1760], 
his daughter. [The remainder of the inscription, which 
appears to have been of considerable length, is illegible. 



128 APPENDIX II. 



" Buried at Donnybrook, Miss Martha Tent (?), 13th Octo- 
ber, 1786" (Visitation-return, Consist. Court, Dublin) ; and 
Sir James Stratford Tynte's mother, " Lady Elizabeth Tent, 
15th June, 1816." (Donnybrook Tarish Register.) She 
was second daughter of John, first Earl of Aldborough. Sir 
James m. his first cousin, Hannah, third daughter of Morley 
Saunders, Esq., of Saunders's Grove, in the county of Wick- 
low, and left two daughters, who s. him in his property, the 
title becoming extinct.] 



" This stone and burial-place belongeth to Mr. Geo. 
Simpson, of Donnybrook, and his posterity, 1759. Here 
lyeth ten of his children. Here lyeth the body of the above 
Mr. Geo. Simpson, who departed this life the 27th of October, 
1760, in the 58th year of his age." 



" Here lieth the remains of Mr. Henry Hore, who departed 
this life 5th July, 1773, aged 64 years. In grateful remem- 
brance of whose virtues this humble tomb is raised by his 
son-in-law, Edward Jones. As also three dear children, 
Will m , Elizabeth, and Patience Jones, who died in their 
infancy, A.D. 1768." 



" The Hon bl e Francis Napier, to whom a monument is 
erected within the Church." [The Hon. Lieut.- Col. Napier, 
whose name will appear again, was buried 2nd July, 1780 ; 
but his monument is not forthcoming. See p. 37.] 



" This stone was placed here by Colonel Henry Gore 
Sankey to the memory of his father, Edward Sankey, Esq r 
[Alderman of Dublin], who died the 17th of March, 1784, 
aged 72. When living, an example of every social virtue ; 
when dying, of the placid resignation of a well- spent life. 
And to his mother, Mary Sankey, who died the 27th of 
December, 1787, aged 73 years. A truly pious Christian, 
an affectionate and tender wife, an excellent mother. Also 
to his aunt, Elizabeth Sankey [buried 25th October, 1782], 
who passed a long life in acts of benevolence and charity, and 
the exercise of every Christian virtue." 



NOTES. 129 



" Here lieth the body of Mrs. Magdalene Hore, who de- 
parted this life the 20th of May, 1786, aged 50 years. This 
tomb was erected by her disconsolate husband, Christopher 
Hore, of New Market, in the county of Dublin, Esq r , in 
grateful remembrance of her many amiable perfections, by 
whom she was when living beloved and respected, and died 
sincerely regretted. Here lyeth the body of the above-named 
Christopher Hore, Esq r , who departed this life on the 5th 
day of April, 1793, aged 80 years. He lived the good 
Christian, the sincere friend, and the honest man, and died 
universally lamented." 

XXI. 

" Here lieth the bodies of Henrietta, Susanna, and Char- 
lotte Mowlds, with their father and mother ; John Mowlds, 
Esq r , of Churchtown, County Dublin, who departed this life 
the 4th of March, 1787, aged 43 years ; and Susanna, his 
wife, who died the 19th of Feb y , 1788, aged 46 years. This 
tomb is erected to their revered and loved memory by their 
affectionate daughter, Anne Eliz th Mowlds, 17th Sep r , 1819. 
Also Anne Elizabeth Mowlds, departed this life on the 28th 
April, 1842, aged 78 years. [Many members of this family 
are here interred.] 

XXII. 

" Here lyes the body of Mrs. Frances Vesey, aged 85 y rs , 
relict of the Rev d George Vesey, of Hollymount, in the 
county of Mayo. In memory of the best of mothers this is 
erected. Full of days and honour, she lived beloved, and 
died lamented, on the 11th of March, 1788. Here lieth also 
Jn° Vesey, Esq 1 ", 2nd son to Mrs. Vesey, who departed this 
life y e 11th of May, 1788, universally and sincerely regret- 
ted, aged 66. Also Letitia Vesey, daughter of the said John 
Vesey, who died in 1791. Also Will m Dyson Marshall, his 
grandson, w T ho died April 4th, 1799, in the 9th year of his 
age. And also Thomas Pelham Marshall, aged five months, 
who died Nov r 5th, 1801." 



" Here are deposited the remains of Robert Marshall, 
Esq re , late of Upper Fitzwilliam-street, in the city of 
Dublin. He departed this life on the 9th day of September, 
1825, aged 69 years." 



130 APPENDIX II. 



" Near this place lyeth the body of the Reverend John 
Forster, D.D., late Rector of Drumragh, in the diocese of 
Derry [and of Killileagh, in the diocese of Down], and for- 
merly a Senior Fellow of Trinitv College, Dublin. He died 
the 29th Septem', 1788, aged 84 " [" Buried, Mrs. Foster, 
wife of Rev d Doctor Foster, 24th Aug*, 1783." (Visita- 
tion-return, Consist. Court, Dublin.) Dr. Forster's name 
will appear again.] 



" Here lieth the body of Mrs. Sarah Wilder, who departed 
this life Nov r the 21st, 1788, aged 24 years. Here also are 
deposited the remains of Mrs. Elizabeth Mary Drought, the 
mother of Mrs. Wilder, and wife of the Rev d James Drought, 
D.D., S.F.T.C.D., who died on 1st May, 1797, aged 47 
years. Richard Eustace the younger, Elizabeth Mary 
Eustace, and Caroline Eustace, the grandchildren of Mrs. 
Drought, died in infancy. James Drought Eustace, her 
grandson, died 6th October, 1806, aged 71 [?] years. He- 
lena Eustace, her granddaughter, died on 20th April, 1811, 
aged 19 years. The Rev d James Drought died in Bath, in 
January, 1820, aged 82 years. Mrs. Catherine Eustace, the 
beloved wife of Richard Eustace, of Valetta, Kingstown, 
Esq re , by whom this tomb has been re-erected as a small 
tribute of affection for departed worth, fourth daughter of 
Doctor and Mrs. E. M. Drought, and mother of the above- 
named grandchildren, died on 21st April, 1836, aged 63 years. 
Also Richard Eustace, of Valetta, Esq 1 ', the husband of Mrs. 
Catherine Eustace, and grandfather of the before-mentioned 
children, who died January 25th, 1838, in the 70th year of 
his age." 



" Also the remains of Susannah Allen, otherwise Drought, 
who died the 1st Dec r , 1815. Christopher Edmond Allen, 
Esq r , Barrister-at-law, who died the 4th Dec 1 *, 1826. James 
Allen, Esq r , Ralph Allen, Esq r , their sons, and Eliza Maria 
Collis, only daughter of the said Christopher Edmond and 
Susannah Allen, whom the Lord was pleased to remove, after 
a long and protracted illness, on Thursday, the 17th January, 
1850, aged 50 years." 



NOTES. 131 



" This tomb is erected to the memory of the late James 
Vigne, Esq r , of College-green, in the city of Dublin. He died 
the 15th of December, 1800, aged 55. Here also lie the 
remains of Eliza Eustace, who died September 26th, 1795, 
aged 78. Also the remains of Hardy Vigne, who died May 
23rd, 1776, aged 2 years. Also Mrs. Eliz th Vigne, died 
Feb?, 1802, aged 63. Mrs. Catherine Gaven, diedNov r 20th, 
1802, aged 30." 

XXVIII. 

11 Beneath are deposited the remains of Benjamin Higgins, 
Esq 1 *, who, by indefatigable attention and exemplary inte- 
grity, gained publick and private regard. Above 40 years 
Clerk in the House of Commons, and Register and Agent to 
the Lying-in Hospital from its institution in 1757, he de- 
ceased the 20th of December, 1795, aged 76. The Trustees 
of the Hospital, conscious of his worth, and truly sensible of 
his loss, have placed this last testimony of their gratitude 
and respect." [See p. 84.] 



" Katherine Eoberts, eldest daughter of John Roberts, of 
Old Connaught [near Bray], Esq r , by Martha, his wife, died 
May 20th, 1796, aged 27 years. Also Martha, said wife of 
John Roberts, Esq r , who departed this life 22nd December, 
1822, aged 78 years. Also the bodies of John Roberts, Esq r , 
died the 9th July, 1826, aged 79 years; Mrs. Anne Riall, 
died the 22nd Feb y , 1837, aged 55 years; Miss Jane Roberts, 
died the 21st June, 1839, aged 63 years." [" Buried, Rob* 
Roberts, Esqr, 8th Jan?, 1758 " (Donnybrook Parish Regis- 
ter). Many members of this family are here interred.] 



" Frances Medlycott, died 2nd May, 1797, aged 48 years. 
Also the body of Susan Medlycott, who died the 7th day of 
June, 1816, aged 63 years. And Eliz h Medlycott, died 8th 
Aug*, 1818." ["Buried, Mrs. Medlicote, 18th January, 
1759;" and " Jos. Medlicote, 14th July, 1762."— Donny- 
brook Parish Register.^ 



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132 



APPENDIX II. 



" To the memory of Elizabeth, wife of J. T. Medlycott, of 
Rocket's Castle, in the county of Waterford, Esq r , who de- 
parted this life on the 29th day of December, 1826, aged 
62 years. * Then shall the dust return to the earth as it 
was ; and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.' " 



% 



acred to the memory of Joseph Madden, of Donnybrook, 
who departed this life the 29th day of November, 1799, in 
the 54th year of his age. This tombstone was erected by his 
disconsolate widow and children, as a monument of their 
lasting regret for the loss of a tender and affectionate husband 
and father. He lived esteemed, and died lamented, by a 
numerous and respectable acquaintance. He uniformly sup- 
ported the character of a true Christian, a sincere friend, a 
good neighbour, and an honest man. Stranger, inquire into 
his deeds, and you will find these the dictates of simple, una- 
dorned truth." . 

" This stone was placed here by Mrs. M. Madden, to the 
memory of her deceased husband, James Madden, who de- 
parted this life the 14th day of October, 1806, aged 54 
years." 

Sacred to the memory of Edw d and Eliz th Ford Madden, 
who lived and died in the love and fear of God ; the former 
the 20th Nov r , 1830, aged 91 years; the latter the 21st 
March, 1829, aged 76 years. Here also the remains are laid 
of their children, Edward, William, and James, and of their 
grandchild, Richard Edward Madden. And also of their 
grandson, William Forde Madden [eldest son of Richard R. 
Madden, Esq., M.D„ by whom this monument was erected], 
who perished on the river Shannon [in the discharge of his 
duties as a civil engineer], in his 19th year, the 29th of 
March, 1848. 

" * Thou takest our summer hence ! the flower, the tone, 
The music of our being, all in one, 
Depart with thee.' " 

[Many members of this family (" descendants of John and 
Jane Madden, of Enniskerry, and subsequently of Clon- 



NOTES. 133 



skeagh, whose second son, Joseph, settled in Donny- 
brook in 1790, and acquired considerable property in the 
vicinity,") are here interred.] 

XXXV. 

11 Sacred to the memory of Jocelyn Ingram, Esquire, who 
departed this life the 13th of April, in the year of our Lord 
1805, in the 23rd year of his age." 

XXXVI. 

" Here lie the remains of Mrs. Fran s Griz da Ormsby, 
wife of Capt n Robert Ormsby, of the Sligo Militia. She died 
Aug* 19th, 1805, aged 32 years. A pious Christian, an 
affectionate wife, a tender mother, and a sincere friend. Also 
two of her children, Frances and John, who died infants." 



" Stop, stranger, and consider eternity. The Word of 
God declares that the blood of Jesus Christ alone, who is God 
over all, blessed for ever, cleanses from all sin. Have you 
ever considered this ? 

" Here lieth the mortal remains of Thomas Kinsley, Esq r 
[known as Sheriff Kinsley], who departed this life 21st 
January, 1806. And of Elizabeth, his wife, who died 15th 
January, 1810. 

11 ' Jesus, thy blood and righteousness 
My beauty are, my glorious dress ; 
In naming worlds in these arrayed, 
With joy shall I lift up my head.' " 

xxxviii. 

" Underneath are deposited the remains of Mrs. Sarah 
Holmes, who died September 17th, 1806, in the 28th year 
of her age. As a tribute of affection, aud in memory of her 
numerous virtues as a wife, a mother, and a friend, this 
monument was erected by her disconsolate husband, John 
Holmes. Here also lieth the remains of Miss Jane Marsh, 
sister-in-law to the above-named John Holmes, who dep d 
7th Aug*, 1815." 

XXXIX. 

11 Sacred to the memory of John Holmes, Esq 1 ", of Rane- 
lagh, died 18th January, 1840, aged 70 years. And his 
son, Rev d James Paul Holmes, Vicar of Gallen, King's 
County, died 21st May, 1851, aged 53 years." 



134 APPENDIX II. 



" Sacred to the memory of Mr. Raymond Porta vine, of 
Ringsend [baptized 23rd August, 1728], who departed this 
life June 3rd, 1807, aged 80 years, whose remains are beneath 
this stone, Here also lies interred the remains of his wife, 
Mrs. Mary Porta vine, who departed this life October 11th, 
1812, aged 84 years." [" Buried, Sarah Portuvine, late wife 
to Peter Portuvine, 26th June, 1737."— Donnybrooh Parish 
Register.] 

XLI. 

" Here lieth the body of Frances Muscham Lindsay, wife 
of Thomas Lindsay, sen 1 ', of Hollymount, in the Co. Mayo, 
Esq*, who departed this life 26th July, 1808, aged 70 years." 



" Sacred to the memory of Mary Sinnott, who died 5th 
day of June, A.D. 1811, in the 44th year of her age. She 
was a most faithful and affectionate wife, an indulgent and 
prudent mother, a sincere and steady friend, religious without 
bigotry, and charitable without ostentation. Her disconso- 
late and affectionate husband, James Sinnott, Esq r , of Leeson- 
st., in the city of Dublin, in testimony of his gratitude and 
affection, caused this stone to be erected, as a small tribute 
to her superior worth. Likewise here lie the remains of her 
first-born child, Mary Sinnott, who died 20th Nov r , A.D. 
1788." 



" Ann Jane Taylor, daughter of Talbot Evan and Mary 
Welsh, died January the 15th, 1812, in the 23rd year of her 
age. Her remains, with those of her first child Thomas, who 
died an infant January the 23rd, 1805, are placed in the 
vault beneath. The hands of a deeply afflicted husband, 
Thomas Taylor, of To wnsend- street, whose affection, origi- 
nating in early youth, was matured by time, and abundantly 
returned, inscribes this memorial of his children's first and 
most severe misfortune, and to him of the early and sad ter- 
mination of the fairest scene of true domestic happiness and 
mutual faithful love. Venerating her memory, deploring her 
loss, and faithfully endeavouring to supply it, he died March 
17th, 1850, aged 71 years, and is placed, as he ever wished, 
beside her." [Many members of this family are here in- 
terred.] 



NOTES. 135 



" This stone was erected to the memory of W m Ashley, 
Merch*, late of Francis-street, in the city of Dublin, as a 
tribute of affection, by his widow, Hannah Ashley. He 
departed this life Dec r the 19th, 1813, aged 78 years." 
[" Buried, Mr. Thomas Ashley, 10th July, 1719." — Danny- 
brook Parish Register. ,] 

XLV. 

" Mrs. Frances Bourne, died June 27th, 1814." 



M Beneath this stone are deposited the bodies of Jeremiah 
D'Olier [of Collegnes, Booterstown, buried 20th October, 
1817], aged 72 years; Jane D'Olier, his wife, aged 69 
years ; Elizabeth D'Olier, Eliza D'Olier, and Emily D'Olier, 
their children." 



" Underneath is the body of the Reverend Richard Rad- 
cliff, eldest son of the Right Honourable John Radcliff [see 
p. 38], and Betanna, his wife. He died on Sunday, the 4th 
day of October, 1818, aged twenty-four years and three 
months, of an illness long protracted, but sustained with 
Christian resignation. In morals strict, in religion sincere ; 
his temper was mild, his manners were unassuming. Duti- 
ful and affectionate to his parents, kind to his relations, and 
constant to his friends ; in charity with all men, and to 
selfishness a stranger ; he was stedfast in the hope of ever- 
lasting happiness, through the merits and mediation of our 
Lord and Saviour." 



" Erected by John Gore Swords, Esq r , as a small tribute 
in remembrance of his dear mother, Mrs. Mary Swords, wife 
of the late Thomas Swords, of Leeson- street, in the city of 
Dublin, Esq r , who departed this life the 19th day of March, 
1821, in the 75th year of her age. Also John Gore Swords, 
Dsrgle, county of Wicklow, Esq r , who departed this life the 
4th of December, 1822, in the 39th year of his age. And 
also his beloved nephew, George John Buchanan, who was 
snatched away by a premature fate on the 1st of Nov r , 1826, 
in the 19th year of his age. The cold grave seldom closed 



136 APPENDIX II. 



on one whose dawning virtues promised a brighter manhood. 
Ann Buchanan, sister to the latter, whom Providence called 
away at the early age of 15 years, also rests beneath this 
stone. Also Cath n Buchanan, mother of the above Geo. and 
Ann, who departed this life July 16th, 1833, deeply and 
sincerely regretted by all who knew her, for in her were 
united all the virtues that adorn the female character." 



" Sacred to the memory of Joseph Wright, Duncairn, 
Co. Antrim, and Rutland Sq re , West, Dublin, Solicitor, who 
died 1st June, 1825 ; and of Mary, his beloved wife, who 
died 19th March, 1828.* 



11 To the memory of Eleanor Armstrong, who departed 
this life on the 8th of May, 1826, aged 17 years, daughter 
of the late Francis Armstrong, Esq r , of Boyle, in the county 
of Roscommon." 



" Abraham Mason : he died June 5th, 1826, aged 60. 
Isaac, his son: he died August 25th, 1823, aged 12." 



" This stone is erected by Jas. A. Heyland, of the city of 
Dublin, to the memory of his affect 6 brother, J n0 Heyland, 
Esq r , who departed this life 30th January, 1827, in the 32nd 
year of his age." 



" Here lies the remains of Lieut. William Galwey, 2 nd 
son of the Rev d William Galwey, of Castle Connell, and Ly- 
dia, his wife, who died 16th Nov r , 1827, aged 37 years. His 
soul rests in Christ. Also his brother, Rich d Galwey, Esq r , 
departed this life 19th Nov r , 1838, aged 38 years. Also 
Jane, the wife of Richard Galwey, who departed this life the 
14th Dec r , 1845, aged 37 years." 

LIV. 

" Rich d W. H. N. Tighe, third son of Will m Tighe, 
Esq r , of Rossana, in the Co. of Wicklow, born 1746, died 
1828. Wili m G. Tighe, Clerk, fourth son of Rich d W. H. 



NOTES. 137 



N. Tighe, born 1801, died [September] 1828. Lucy, the wife 
of Edward Tighe, Esq r , of Lower Leeson Street [Dublin], 
daughter of Rich d Newton King, Esq r , died 6th January, 
1860." 

LV. 

" Sacred to the memory of Thomas, the fourth son of 
Surgeon Abraham Colles, of Stephen's-green [Dublin, and 
Donnybrook Cottage, Stillorgan-road], He died 30th March, 
1829, aged 12 years." 



" Sacred to the memory of Richard Palmer, Esquire, 
whose mortal remains are interred underneath, who died the 
8th of June, 1829, aged 25 years. Also the mortal remains 
of his father, Henry Palmer [of Leeson-street, Dublin], who 
died the 21st day of January, 1831, aged 67 years." 



" Sacred to the memory of Joseph Forster, formerly of 
Forster Mills, in the county of Wicklow, and late of the city 
of Dublin, who died 28th Dec r , 1830, aged 52 years. Here 
also lie the remains of Harriet Forster, wife of the above 
Joseph, who died the 6th March, 1835, aged 50 years." 



" To the memory of William Searight [of Sydney- avenue, 
Booterstown], died 6th June, 1834, aged hb years." [Also 
four of his children who died young.] 



" In memory of John More, Esqr, late of Glasgow, who 
died 21st Dec r , 1839, aged 80 years; and of Helen Hunter, 
his wife, who died 6th Oct 1 , 1834, aged 69 years. Also of 
Anne More, their daughter, who died 13th Nov r , 1834, aged 
43 years ; and Geo. F. Douglas, their grandson, who died 
8th Aug*, 1832, aged 3 years." 



" Here lieth the remains of Anne, the wife of William 
Power [see p. 103], of Serpentine-avenue [Sandymount], 
who died 8th of February, 1836, [aged 59 years]." 

K 



138 APPENDIX II. 



" Sacred to the memory of Frances M. Sampeyo, who 
departed this life on the 9th January, 1848, aged 16 years. 
This stone was erected by her affectionate relative, Alex r T. 
Sampeyo, Barns, Surrey, as a mark of his affection," 



" Erected by Mrs. Anna Maria Simpson, in memory of her 
beloved and affectionate husband, David Augustine Simpson, 
M.D., late of Wellington- road, Co. Dublin, who departed this 
life 13th Sept r , 1852, in his 33rd year." 



" To the memory of Harriette, the beloved wife of the Rev d 
James Gwynn, who died June 5th, 1855, in her 26th year. 
' Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord/ " 

[Many other inscriptions, which, like the foregoing, have 
been literally transcribed, are reserved for a future occasion.] 



Note (oo),p. 12 

Donnybrook Partsh Registers. — As already stated in 
p. 41, there is not amongst the books of the parish the vestige 
of a register of baptisms, marriages, or burials, save a few 
insertions of marriages, for thirty-two years before 1800. The 
book has long since disappeared, and there is very little hope 
of its recovery ; but fortunately the defect may in a great 
measure be supplied from the annual Visitation-returns, 
which are safely deposited amongst the records of the Con- 
sistorial Court, Dublin. Through the kindness of John 
Samuels, Esq., Registrar of the diocese, access to the large mass 
of valuable documents under his charge has been afforded to 
the writer. Amongst them may be found the returns (more or 
less detailed) made by the clergymen of Donnybrook to the 
Archbishop from year to year ; and (what is a particularly 
important consideration, the original records being lost) these 
include lists of baptisms, marriages, and burials from the 



NOTES. 139 



year 1775 to 1799, inclusive. The writer, having carefully 
examined them, as well as sundry other documents in the 
same depository, has been enabled to glean for these pages 
many interesting particulars. 

Note (pp), P- 13. 

Donnybrook Fair — In addition to what has already 
appeared on this subject (see p. 44), a few particulars will 
probably not prove uninteresting. 

Through the kindness of Edward Wright, Esq., LL.D., of 
Floraville, Donnybrook, who has supplied several documents 
for examination, an accurate copy of King John's Letter of 
the year 1204, preserved in the Tower of London (mernb. 18), 
is here presented to the reader :— 

Eex &c ditco & fidli suo M. fit Henr justic Hib 
Salt. Mandastis nob q n nuistis locu u 1 thesauri 
nr reponi possit ap vos. Et q' ta ad hoc q a ad 
alia mtta neccia eet nob fortelicia ap Dublin 
vob madani9 q ibid castellu fi faciatis I loco 
9petnti u 1 meli.9 ec viditis^ad urbe justieiada la 
& si op 9 fSit defend enda q a fortisshnu pofitis c 
bonis fossat & fortil)9 maris t r ri au phnu faciatis 
u p'ea 9peteci' castellu & balluu & alia pcue- 
toria fi possit & vob h c mada9im9 ad hoc au ca- 
piatis p a cacia nra sic nob madastis & ad psns 
ad h c capiatis c.c.c. m d E. fit Bob q a s nob debet. 
Madavini9 & civib9 nf is Dublin p mas patetes q 
civitate sua fniet & tos illos si q 1 noluint ad h c 
9pellatis. Volum9 & q una fer sit ap Donibrn 
sigtis arris p viij. dies durat r a I invecoe See C u cis 
alia ap Pote Bi Iotiis Bapte siniitr p yiij. dies 
talia eis stallag' & thelonea statuetes q alia ap 
"Watford! ad ylcta Sci Pet p viij . dies, alia ap Li- 
meric I festo Sci Martin p viij. dies. & vob man- 



140 APPENDIX II. 



dam? (j ita f 1 & daticiari faciatis rricatores illuc 
venire debeat libet. T. &c. [T. Dilo Norwic 
ap Greydinton xxxj. die Aug'.] 

[Translation of the foregoing.] 
" The King, &c. to his beloved and faithful Meiler Fitz- 
Henry, Justiciary of Ireland, greeting. You have informed 
us that you have not a place where our treasure can be 
deposited with you. And because, as well for this as for 
many other necessary purposes, we should have a fortress at 
Dublin, we direct you that you cause a castle to be built 
there in such place as shall seem to you most suitable for the 
government of the city, and if necessary for its defence, as 
strongly as you can with good ditches and strong walls ; and 
that in the first instance you make a tower where the castle, 
and bawn, and other appurtenances may most conveniently 
be erected. And this we have commanded you that you should 
take our poundage- fees [?] for this purpose, as you have 
written to us ; and that for the present you should take 800 
marks from E. Fitz-Robert, which he owes us. We have 
also commanded our citizens of Dublin by letters patent that 
they fortify their city ; and you, if they be unwilling, must 
compel them to do so. We will also that there be a fair at 
Doniburn [?J annually, to continue for eight days, on [the 
feast of] the Invention of the Holy Cross ; another at St. 
John the Baptist's Bridge, likewise for eight days, allowing 
them the like stallage and tolls ; another at Waterford, on 
[the feast of] St. Peter in Chains, for eight days; another at 
Limerick, on the feast of St. Martin, for eight days ; and we 
command you that you cause it to be thus done, and procla- 
mation made that all merchants should come thither willingly. 
Witness, &c." 

King John's Letter of 1214, likewise in the Close Roll 
of the Tower of London, may be translated as follows : — 

" The King to the Lord Archbishop of Dublin, &c. Know 
ye that we have granted to our citizens of Dublin that they 
shall have within their bounds, where they shall think expe- 
dient, a fair for eight days, beginning on the day of the In- 
vention of the Holy Cross. Therefore we command you that 
this fair, with all liberties and free customs to such a fair 
belonging, you shall permit them to enjoy. Witness, &c., at 
St. Thoxentius, 23rd August," 



NOTES. 141 



And the Letter of 1215 from the same to his Justiciary of 
Ireland, preserved in the same depository : — 

" Know ye that our citizens of Dublin have made a fine to 
us of 300 marks, to have our city of Dublin in fee-farm, with 
that part of the river Liffey which adjoins them, and with our 
part of the same water, for 200 marks annual rent to our Ex- 
chequer, except the rights of fishing boats which we have 
already given in pure and perpetual alms, and others which 
are held by ancient tenures. We have granted to them that 
they shall have a bridge over the river Liffey, and all liberties 
and free customs which were granted to them by King Henry 
our father ; and that they shall have a fair every year at 
Dublin within their limits, beginning at the Invention of the 
Holy Cross, and for the term of fifteen days, saving to the 
Archbishop of Dublin the said fair for two days, that is to 
say, the vigil and the day of the Invention of the Holy Cross. 
And so we command you to take security of our aforesaid 
citizens of the said 300 marks, to be paid to us, and cause 
them to have full seisin of the said city of Dublin, with all 
its appurtenances, and of all things therein contained, by our 
charter, which you shall cause to be made to them. Witness, 
&c. Devises, 5 th July." 

The charter of King Henry III., having been already given 
almost word for word, need not be repeated ; and to what has 
been given of the charter of King Edward I. (dated 27th 
June, 1279) it may be well merely to add the concluding 
clause : — " Wherefore we will and firmly command you for 
us and our heirs, that the aforesaid citizens and their succes- 
sors, citizens of Dublin, for ever shall have the said fair within 
the aforesaid bounds of Dublin every year for fifteen days' 
duration, that is to say, on the vigil, and on the day, and on 
the morrow of the Translation of St. Benedict the Abbot, in 
July, and for twelve days following, with all liberties and free 
customs to the said fair belonging, unless the said fair shall 
be to the injury of the neighbouring fairs, as is aforesaid." 
By a subsequent charter, likewise mentioned in p. 46, the 
time of holding this fair was changed to the Decapitation of 
St. John the Baptist, 29th August. 

By an u indenture made 6th March, 1812, between Sir 



142 APPENDIX II. 



William Wolseley, of the city of London, Baronet [heir-at- 
law of Henry Ussher], of the one part, and John Madden, of 
Donnybrook, in the county of Dublin, Esquire, of the other 
part, the said Sir William Wolseley, for and in consideration 
of the sum of £750 to him in hand paid by the said John 
Madden," disposed absolutely of his right to the tolls and 
customs of Donnybrook Fair. (Registered, 28th December, 
1813.) The following " List of the Tolls and Customs Paid 
and Payable at the Fair of Donnybrook, pursuant to Charter," 
may possess sufficient interest to justify its reappearance in 
public : — 

" For every horse, mare, mule, gelding, or ass, sold, 6d. ; 
for every do., swopt or exchanged, 6d. each ; for every cow, 
bullock, or bull, sold, 4d. ; for every do., two years' old, 
sold, 3d. ; for every do., one year old, sold, 2d. ; for every 
sheep, pig, or calf, sold, Id. Hawkers pay according to the 
articles they have to sell, from 2d. to Is. Standings accord- 
ing to the ground they occupy, from 6d. to 3s." 

It was observed of the writer in a critical notice of the 
former portion of this book, that " he has not indulged in vivid 
descriptions of the fun and frolic of Donnybrook Fair, but, 
with other rightly disposed persons, regards it as having 
been rather a scene of riotous drunkenness and dissipation."* 
He purposely avoided everything of the kind, and notwith- 
standing what some may think or say, he sees no reason to 
regret the " omission ;" yet it may be well to refer briefly to 
one or two of the popular songs relative to a scene " long 
identified [but unfairly] with the name and character of the 
lower classes of the Irish people." See Sir Jonah Barring- 
ton's " Personal Sketches," vol. iii. pp. 230-259 (wherein he 



* " As such its abolition is to be approved ; but it would have been 
only ju9t that some means of innocent recreation should have been pro- 
vided for those who were used to look forward to the Fair as their annual 
festival. Why should not a People's Park be formed somewhere to the 
south or east of the city for the benefit of those who cannot readily re- 
sort to the great Phoenix Park in the north-west? This, we hope, will 
be considered before ground, now available, shall have been entirely oc- 
cupied by buildings." — Fre email's Journal 2 1st February, 1860. 



NOTES. 143 

gives an account of his visit to Donny brook in 1790) ; and 
Crofton Croker's " Popular Songs of Ireland," pp. 112-117, 
193-198. 

" Some of Lysaght's sonnets,'' writes Sir Jonah (p. 317), 
" had great merit, and many of his national stanzas were singu- 
larly characteristic. His [?] ' Sprig of Shillelah and Sham- 
rock so green ' is admirably and truly descriptive of the low 
Irish character, and never was that class so well depicted in so 
few words." Mr. Lover, indeed, in his " Lyrics of Ireland," 
p. 139, dissents from the foregoing opinion; for, according 
to him, " this praise the song certainly does not deserve. It 
is based rather on the conventional Irish songs of the time, 
than drawn from life ; but, as having enjoyed a certain repu- 
tation, within the memory of the living, it must appear in a 
national collection of this present time. As Mr. Lysaght 
[' pleasant Ned '] elsewhere gets full credit for his merits, 
there is the less hesitation in saying here that this song is not 
worthy of his reputation." The following verse will serve as 
a specimen : — 

11 Who has e'er had the luck to see Donnybrook Fair ? 
An Irishman, all in his glory, is there, 

With his sprig of Shillelah and shamrock so green ! 
His clothes spick and span new, without e'er a speck, 
A neat Barcelona tied round his white neck ; 
He goes to a tent, and he spends haif-a-crown, 
He meets with a friend, and for love knocks him down 
With his sprig of Shillelah, and shamrock so green I" 

In the " Anthologia Hibernica," vol. i. p. 310, " An Ode 
on Donnybrook " appeared, of rather a sentimental cast, 
which was followed, in p. 466 of the same volume, by " An 
irregular Ode " on the same locality. The following is one 
of the verse3, as quoted by Mr. Croker : — 

*• Ah ! muse debonnair, 

Let us haste to the Fair ; 
'Tis Donnybrook tapsters invite. 

Men, horses, and pigs 

Are running such rigs, 
As the cockles of your heart will delight. 

Such crowding and jumbling, 

And leaping and tumbling, 

And kissing and stumbling, 



144 APPENDIX II. 



And drinking and swearing, 

And carving and tearing, 

And coaxing and snaring, 

And scrambling and winning, 

And fighting and flinging, 

And fiddling and singing ; 
Old Dodder enchanted refuses to flow, 
But his mouth waters fast at each kiss and each blow.'* 

So much for poetry ; and now for a little prose, as like- 
wise given by Mr. Croker. Prince Piickler Muskau (see p. 
13), who was a spectator of the scene, 29th August, 1828, 
thus describes it : — 

" I rode out again to-day, for the first time, to see the 
fair at Donnybrook, near Dublin, which is a kind of popular 
festival. Nothing, indeed, can be more national ! The po- 
verty, the dirt, and the wild tumult, were as great as the 
glee and merriment with which the cheapest pleasures were 
enjoyed. I saw things eaten and drunk with delight, which 
forced me to turn my head quickly away, to remain master 
of my disgust. Heat and dust, crowd and stench (27 faut le 
dire), made it impossible to stay longer ; but these do not 
annoy the natives. There were many hundred tents, all 
ragged, like the people, and adorned with tawdry rags in- 
stead of flags ; many contented themselves with a cross on a 
hoop ; one had hoisted a dead and half- putrid cat as a sign ! 
The lowest sort of rope-dancers and posture-masters exercised 
their toilsome vocation on stages of planks, and dressed in 
shabby finery, dancing and grimacing in the dreadful heat 
till they were completely exhausted. A third part of 
the public lay, or rather rolled, about drunk ; others ate, 
screamed, shouted, and fought. The women rode about, 
sitting two or three upon an ass, pushing their way 
through the crowd, smoked with great delight, and coquetted 
with their sweethearts. The most ridiculous group was one 
which I should have thought indigenous only to Rio de la 
Plata : two beggars were seated on a horse, who, by his 
wretched plight, seemed to supplicate for them ; they had no 
saddle, and a piece of twine served as reins. As I left the 
Fair, a pair of lovers, excessively drunk, took the same road. 
It was a rich treat to watch their behaviour. Both were 
horribly ugly, but treated each other with the greatest ten- 
derness and the most delicate attention. The lover especially 
displayed a sort of chivalrous politeness. Nothing could be 
more gallant, and, at the same time, more respectful, than his 



NOTES. 145 



repeated efforts to preserve his fair one from falling, although 
he had no little difficulty in keeping his own balance. From 
his ingratiating demeanour, and her delightful smiles, I 
could also perceive that he was using every endeavour to 
entertain her agreeably, and that her answers, notwithstand- 
ing her exalte state, were given with a coquetry, and an air 
of affectionate intimacy, which would have been exquisitely 
becoming and attractive in a pretty woman. My reverence 
for truth compels me to add, that not the slightest trace of 
English brutality was to be perceived ; they were more like 
French people, though their gaiety was mingled with more 
humour, and more genuine good-nature ; both of which are 
national traits of the Irish, and are always doubled by poteen 
(the best sort of whisky, illicitly distilled)." 

For particulars of the alleged right to hold Donnybrook 
Fair for fifteen days, including Sundays, see the Dublin War- 
der. 21st August, 1824. As therein stated, Messrs. John 
and Peter Madden, of Donnybrook, urged on the Lord Mayor 
(Alderman Kichard Smyth, whose " unparalleled activity, 
zeal, and benevolence drew forth the applause of all 
classes of the citizens"), that they had a right to con- 
tinue the Fair for fifteen days, including Sundays ; that this 
right was handed down to them by patent ; that they had 
on several occasions conceded one Sunday to the wishes of 
the Chief Magistrate, and were willing to do so in the pre- 
sent instance, but denied his Lordship's authority to interfere. 
The Lord Mayor contended that they could have no such 
right, the law of these realms being most explicit and decided 
as to the observance of the Sabbath ; and he considered the 
occurrences that had of recent years taken place there, and 
of which he himself was cognizant, to be a national disgrace, 
and that he should ever be reproachable, if he did not do all 
in his power to counteract their recurrence ; that such pro- 
ceedings were frightful in their consequences, and most 
abominable in their nature, destructive of the best interests 
of society, and most fatal to the peace and happiness of the 
humbler classes. Failing to induce his Lordship to forego his 
determination of not allowing the booths or tents to remain 



146 APPENDIX II. 



standing daring Sunday, the Messrs. Madden addressed a 
memorial to the Lord Lieutenant, who replied, that "the 
Lord Mayor is the proper Magistrate to take care of the 
public peace and morals within his jurisdiction, and that there 
can be no doubt that his Lordship will exercise these duties, 
in this instance, as he has on all other occasions, with pro- 
priety and discretion." A full and graphic description of the 
Fair, as held in the year 1824, is given in the same news- 
paper, 28th August. 

Note (qq), p. 20. 

Royal Chapel of St. Matthew, Ringsend By 2 

Anne, c. xi. s. 8 (" An Act for building several Parish- 
Churches in more convenient places "), authority was granted 
for the erection of this church in the following terms (see p. 
70):— 

" And whereas the inhabitants of Ring's-End near Dublin, 
being numerous, are at a distance from Donebrook their parish- 
church, which is so inconveniently situated that the said in- 
habitants often cannot come to attend Divine service in the 
said church, by reason of floods and overflowing of the high- 
way by tides and waters ; many of the Queen's officers be- 
longing to the port of Dublin, many strangers and seamen 
do frequent the said Ring's- End, and are detained there on 
the Lord's day, all which are deprived of the service of God 
for want of a church or chappel for publick worship near the 
said Ring's-End : and whereas the Archbishop of Dublin, in 
whose diocese the said Ring's-End lies, as also Doctor Enoch 
Reader, Archdeacon of Dublin, present Incumbent of the 
parish of Donebrook, wherein the said Ring's-End is, are 
humble suiters to her most excellent Majesty, that a church 
or chappel may be erected in some convenient place at 
Ring's-End aforesaid : and whereas the land near and con- 
venient for the erecting such a church or chappel belongs to 
Thomas Lord Viscount [Fitzwilliam, of] Merrion, who is 
willing to grant and convey a sufficient parcel of land to the 
use aforesaid : be it therefore enacted by the authority afore- 
said, That it shall and may be lawful to and for the said 
Right Honourable Thomas Lord Viscount Merrion to set out 



NOTES. 147 



and convey to the Lord Archbishop of Dublin and his suc- 
cessors, for a place for the erecting a church or chappel, and 
for a churchyard and other conveniences for the said church 
or chappel for the use of the said inhabitants of Ring's- End, 
any quantity of land not exceeding two acres plantation 
measure, notwithstanding any settlement of the said two 
acres ; and that it may and shall be lawful for the said Arch- 
bishop and his successors to apply one hundred pounds out of 
the forfeited tythes, appointed for the building the ruined 
churches of Ireland, to the building the said church or 
chappel." 

The following is a copy of the King's Letter, issued in the 
year 1723, "for establishing a minister at Ringsend" (see 
p. 72) :_ 
" George R. 

"Right trusty and right entirely beloved cousin and 
councillor, we greet you well. Whereas the surveyors, tide- 
waiters, supernumeraries, watermen, and their families at 
Ringsend, belonging to our Customs of the port of Dublin, 
and other Protestants, inhabitants there, have by their peti- 
tion humbly represented unto us, that that place is situated 
at above a mile and half's distance from their parish church ; 
that a river interfering in several places of the road to it ren- 
ders the passage in the winter season and after any sudden 
rains very dangerous and often impracticable ; that a great 
number of the inhabitants are moreover obliged to so con- 
stant an attendance on the duties of their respective charges, 
that they dare not venture to be so far absent even on Sun- 
days ; that in consideration of the premises an act of Parlia- 
ment was sometime ago [in 1703] obtained for building a 
chapel there for their more easy attendance on Divine service ; 
and you having thereupon humbly requested that we would 
be pleased to grant our royal authority for establishing a 
minister or curate for performing Divine service in the said 
chapel erected at Ringsend aforesaid, to be from time to time 
appointed to that cure by the Crown, directing also that he 
be licensed by the Lord Archbishop of Dublin for the time 
being, that he be under his jurisdiction and visitation in the 
same manner as all other ministers and curates of the diocese, 
that he be subject to all canons and offices as other curates, 
and that he be obliged to a constant residence, so that he 
may not on any pretence whatsoever be absent from his cure 



148 APPENDIX II. 



above sixty days in the year, we, being willing to encourage 
and promote everything that may tend to the service of Al- 
mighty God, are graciously pleased to condescend to your 
request. Our will and pleasure therefore is, and we do hereby 
authorize and require you forthwith upon the receipt hereof, 
to cause effectual letters patent to be passed under the Great 
Seal of that our kingdom for ordaining, constituting, esta- 
blishing, and appointing a minister or curate in the said 
chapel : which minister is from time to time to be nominated 
and appointed by the Crown, provided that he be licensed by 
the Lord Archbishop of Dublin for the time being ; that he 
be under his jurisdiction and visitation in the same manner 
as all other ministers and curates in that diocese are ; that 
he be subject to all canons and offices as other curates ; and 
that he be obliged to a constant residence, so as that he may 
not on any pretence whatsoever be absent from his cure above 
sixty days in the year. And you are to cause to be inserted 
in our said letters patent all such clauses and provisoes as 
shall be judged necessary for the better accomplishment of 
our royal will and pleasure herein declared. And for so 
doing this shall be, as well unto you, as to all other our 
officers and ministers there whom it may concern, a sufficient 
warrant ; and so we bid you very heartily farewell. Given 
at our Court at St. James' the twenty-third day of May, one 
thousand, seven hundred, and twenty-three, in the tenth 
year of our reign. 

" By his Majesty's Command, 

" Carteret. 

"To our right trusty and right entirely beloved cousin 
and councillor Charles, Duke of Grafton, our Lieutenant 
General and General Governor of our kingdom of Ireland, 
and to our Lieutenant Deputy Justices or other Chief 
Governor or Governors there for the time being." 

Note (rr)j p. 21. 

Yarranton's Survey of Ringsend, 1674 — The follow- 
ing particulars, extracted from an old and not very common 
volume by Andrew Yarranton, the founder of English Politi- 
cal Economy, entitled " England's Improvement by Sea and 
Land " g (4to. London, 1677), pp. 151-155, will prove inte- 




X Owen, Lift*, 8 l JLrocj)Uv&ci' 
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NOTES. 



149 



resting to the reader, though the suggestions were not carried 
into effect, more especially when he considers the great 
changes that have taken place from time to time in Ringsend 
and its neighbourhood : — 



" I being at Dublin in the month of November, One thou- 
sand six hundred [and] seventy-four, there happened a great 
storm, which very much shattered the ships lying in the 
harbour, and blew one to sea, where ship and men perished ; 
and blew another upon the rocks, near the point of Voth 
[Howth], where she was staved and broke to pieces, her 
lading and part of the men perished ; at which time I heard 
many and frequent complaints, by merchants and seamen, of 
the badness of that harbour, and the danger that attended the 
ships lying there at anchor, by reason of hard sand, low water, 
and the continual hazard the ships were in when the winds 
blew hard, there being no hill or promontory to defend them 
from great winds. I also found by discourse with the Lord 
Mayor [Sir Francis] Brewster and many others, that the bad- 
ness of the harbour did occasion the decrease of trade, and. 
was of great prejudice to it, and the city also. I then 
acquainted the Lord Mayor of my thoughts as to the 
making of a very good harbour at Rings-end. Upon which 
he did importune me to bestow some time on a survey, and 
discovery thereof; the which I did, and spent about three 
weeks time in rinding out what is here asserted. First, As to 
the damage of trade by reason of the badness of the harbour. 
Secondly, The advantage it will be to trade, if a safe harbour 
were made. Thirdly, The way how a good harbour may be 
made ; with a large cittadel, and a place for all magazines 
and naval stores. And fourthly, What it will cost the doing. 
" As to the first, The ships that lye at anchor, a mile below 
Rings-end, lye upon very hard sands when the tide is out ; 
and thereby much damnifying the ships, if either old or weak 
built. And the goods are littered to and from the ships, and 
many times the ships receive very great damage by storms 
and great winds ; and so the ships crew must always be 
on board for fear of foul weather. And the harbour being so 
bad, causes trade to weaken at Dublin. 

" As to the second, If there were a harbour made at Rings- 
end, as in the map described, this advantage would be gained ; 
at present there is at least five hundred pounds per annum 
paid to persons that carry and re-carry people in the Rings- 



150 APPENDIX II. 



end coaches to and from the ships ; all that would be saved. 
And all the labour and pains that is now taken by merchants, 
owners, and seamen, going from Dublin to the ships, saved ; 
the great charge at present, by carrying and re-carrying 
goods by litters to and from the ships, prevented ; much 
more trade brought, if the new harbour were made for ships, 
that cannot lye upon them hard sands ; and in the new har- 
bour the ships will always be floating, the water being by art 
with sluces kept to thirteen foot depth ; and thereby any 
weak or crazy ship will lye there safe, and receive no damage 
at all. A boy and a dog in the new harbour will look to a 
ship. And the owner staying any considerable time for lad- 
ing, will in the mean time permit part of the ships crue to go 
short voyages, to Chester, Leverpool, Bristol, and the West 
of England ; which will be for the benefit of trade, and 
thereby mariners will not be wanting. And all the sad and 
dangerous perils now suffered by the ships in the Bay where 
they now lye, prevented. And by the ships coming up boldly 
to Lasey-hill [Lazar's-hill, about where Townsend-street now 
is], there trade will be made easie ; the merchant, owner, 
and ships, all being together. The wise and knowing people 
in Dublin say, If the new harbour were made, there would be 
ten thousand pound per annum advance in the King's Customs 
yearly. 

" As to the third, There may be made a good harbour near 
Rings- end, in the spare piece of ground that now is every tide 
covered with water, which lyes betwixt Rings-end and Lasey- 
hill ; and in that piece of land cuts may be made, as in the 
map described, and merchants' houses built in one piece, and 
houses for the slaughter-men, sea-men, and fishers, in the 
other piece. And in these cuts all vessels will lye with that 
ease and safety, that it will be to the owners of great advan- 
tage, and prevent the present charge they are put unto by 
multiplicity of men ; and so make trade easie, cheap, and 
delightful. And at the upper end of one of the cuts there 
may be made a very strong cittadel, and houses for all man- 
ner of stores, which may prove of great concernment to that 
kingdom ; for there is an old saying, Two strings are better 
than one. For this cittadel may be made in that place, with 
so great advantage, that none can be stronger or better 
answer the ends for which it is intended, than this may do ; 
for at present the castle of Dublin is in a hole in the middle 
of the town, and so may many ways miss of the ends that it 
was intended for ; besides, in the castle there is very little 



NOTES. 



151 



room for any military stores, which would be here very well 
supplied. And the way for making this harbour to answer all 
the ends here prescribed, is by making the cuts as you see in 
the map, with building two great stone locks or sluces to let 
down and bring up the ships ; and for supplying these cuts 
or trenches with water, the brook [the Dodder] coming from 
Rofarnham [Rathfarnham] and Robuck must be made use 
of; and the brook [the Poddle] now running by Dublin 
Castle must be taken up at the side of the Castle, and carried 
across George's-lane, and so through a waste piece of land of 
Sir William Pettie's, and so down to Lasey-hill, to help to 
augment the trenches in dry times when water is scarce. If 
this new harbour were made, no place in Holland were answer- 
able to it, for its advantage and convenience ; and as to the 
cittadel, certainly none would exceed it, no not Delfsee that 
strong fort, being made by the very same advantage, as this 
may be ; which is by the little river that comes from Gron- 
ingen to Delfsee. 

" As to the fourth, which is the charge of making the 
harbour and cittadel, I have taken a great deal of pains when 
I was there, casting up what it might cost ; and I believe it 
may be compleated for twenty thousand pound. And cer- 
tainly as that harbour now is, and as that piece of land is 
overflowed with water every tide, and under the very sides of 
the city, it is a very great detriment to trade and commerce, 
and of as great dishonour, because its relating to the metro- 
polis of a kingdom ; and no place possible can offer itself with 
more advantage, as to harbour and cittadel, with ease, and in- 
crease of trade, than this place doth, if good practicable art 
were rightly imployed upon it, and w r ell back'd by a good 
law, well made and fitted to answer so great and noble a 
design as this would be. The map of the new harbour, with 
the several cuts for the ships to lye in, with the cittadel, is 
hereunto amxt." 



Mr. Dove has appended to his " Elements of Political 
Science" (8vo. Edinburgh, 1854), an "Account of Andrew 
Yarranton, the Founder of English Political Economy " ; 
which appeared likewise by itself in the same year, in a small 
12mo volume. " Andrew Yarranton, Gentleman," according 
to his biographer, " was the first man in England who saw 
and said that peace was better than war, that trade was better 



152 APPENDIX II. 



than plunder, that honest industry was better than martial 
greatness, and that the best occupation of a government was 
to secure prosperity at home, and to let other nations alone, 
. . . Andrew Yarranton is indeed a true practical English- 
man — shrewd, but not subtle — enterprising, but not specula- 
tive — a man of business, enjoying the confidence of business 
men, yet in all his enterprises, and in all his experiences, 
carefully reflecting how each particular circumstance may be 
turned to the advantage of his country." 

Note fssj, p. 23. 

St. Matthew's Churchyard In this churchyard the 

following inscriptions, with others, are extant : — 

i. 

" Underneath are interr'd Fran s M c Cadden, Esq r , died 
7th Oct r , 1713 ; and his daughter Eliz th Evelyn, relict 
of Rich d Evelyn, Esq r , died 6th Jan y , 1780. Also his 
grandnephew G[eorge] Macklin, Gen*, died August 10th, in 
the 39th year of his age, 1781." [" Mrs. Evilin " was in- 
terred here, 1st January, 1792. — Visitation-return, Consist, 
Court, Dublin.'] 

II. 

" Here lyeth the body of the Rev d Mr. John Borough, first 
Minister of this Royall Chappell. He died the 10th of May, 
1726, in the 41st year of his age. He was third son to the 
Rev d Dr. Elias Borough, Chanter of the Cathedrall of St. 
Patrick [Minister of the French congregation, to which the 
Dean and Chapter had granted St. Mary's Chapel], and first 
Library- keeper of the Publick Library att St. Sepulcher's." 
[See p. 72. Mr. Borough was the first who held the office 
of Assistant Librarian.] 



" Here lyeth the body of Mrs. Mary Griesdall, wife of Mr. 
Tho s Griesdall, Principall Surveyor at Ringsend, who de- 
parted this life the 14th day of Nov br , 1742. And here also 
lyeth the body of the said Thomas Griesdall, who was an 
Officer in his Majesty's Revenue 68 years, twenty-five years 



NOTES. 



153 



of which he was Principal Surveyor at Eingsend. He de- 
parted this life the 24th day of August, 17 — , in the 97th 
year of his age." [Mr. Griesd all's name will appear again.] 



"To the memory of Jane Foot, who died Nov r 2nd, 1745, 
aged 32 years, and six of her children. Likewise the remains 
of James Lundy, of Ringsend, father of the above, who died 
August y 8 14th, 1750, aged 106 years. Here also lieth the 
body of Jeoffry Foot, Gentleman, of College St,, Dublin, who 
died March y e 3rd, 1773, aged 69 years. Also his son, Lundy 
Foot, Alderman of the city of Dublin, who departed this life 
[in Aungier-street] Jan 1 ^' 2nd, 1805, aged 70 years. [See p. 
73.] Also Mrs. Catherine Foot, his wife, who departed this life 
March 26th, 1810, aged 70. Also Jeoffry Foote, Esq r , of 
Holly- Park [now St. Columba's College], in this county, an 
Alderman of the city of Dublin, son of the said Lundy and 
Catherine, who died September 2nd, 1824, aged 61 years. 
Also the body of Lundy Foote, Esq r , Barrister-at-law, 
second son of the above, who was barbarously murdered 
on the 2nd of January, 1835, in the 71st year of his age." 



" Here lieth the body of John Vavasor, Merchant, who 
departed this life April the 2nd, 1762, aged fifty-four." 



" Here lieth the body of Mr. Peter Vavasor, who departed 
this life 9th of December, 1782, aged 60 years. Here lies 
the body of Mrs. Frances M'Aulirxe, otherwise Vavasour, who 
departed this life the 18th August, 1816, in the 75th year of 
her'age. Also the remains of Thomas M'Auliffe, her husband, 
who died the 10th of December, 1818, aged 64 years." 



" Beneath this stone lie the remains of William Vavasour, 
Esq r [see pp. 83, 84], of [Kildare-street] Dublin [and Wil- 
liamstown Castle], LL.D., who died on the 25th day of May, 
1819, aged 75 years. Also of Anne, his wife, who died 
19th of October,' 1823, aged 76 years." [Their eldest 
daughter, Anne, m. 14th July, 1807, Lieut. -General Sir 
Henry Maghull Mervin Vavasour, Bart, of Spaldington, in 
Yorkshire, and d. 7th June, 1845, leaving issue. Property 
is held by the family in these parishes. Within the memory 

L 



154 APPENDIX II. 



of many, William stown-avenue was known as VavasourV 
avenue 5 and we still have Vavasour- square, lying between 
Beggarsbush and Irishtown.] 



" Here lieth the body of Mrs. Susannah Warner, wife of 
Mr. George Warner, of Ormond Quay [Dublin], who depart- 
ed this life the 11th of November, 1767, in the 40th year of 
her age. Here also lieth seven of her children. Here lieth 
the body of Mr. George Warner, who departed this life the 
27th of January, 1782, aged 52 years." [" Buried, Mr. War- 
ner, 2 children, and mead, 3rd December, 1763." — Donny- 
brooh Parish Register.^ 



" Here lieth the body of Mrs. Ann Greene, wife of William 
Greene, of Sandy mount, in the county of the city of Dublin, 
Esq r , who departed this life the 29th day of July, 1792, in 
the 79th year of her age. Here also lieth the body of the 
above-mentioned William Greene, Esq 1 ', who departed this life 
the loth day of July, 1794, in the 80th year of his age." 



" To the memory of the Rev d Peter Richard Clinch, Ro- 
man Catholic Pastor of this parish, who died on the 29th of 
December, 1792, in the 29th year of his age, and the 5th of 
his mission : 

In humble hope with Christ again to rise, 
Beneath this stone the Friend, the Pastor lies. 
His manners open, elegant, and sage ; 
His youth rever'd like venerable age ; 
His charity, which oft her all bestow'd, 
And oft in sorrows for the helpless flow'd, 
Alas ! could not reverse the mournful doom ; 
And torture sunk him to an early tomb. 
Here still his image lives in every breast ; 
Here laid in peace his honoured ashes rest ; 
Here all with tenderness his virtues own, 
And grateful rear this monumental stone." 

XI. 

" To the memory of Mrs. Mary Breviter, wife of Robert 
Breviter, Esq r , late of the Fifth Regiment, who died August 
the 18th, 1802, aged 80 years, justly lamented. Here rests 
in hopes of a joyful resurrection the remains of the late Robert 



NOTES. 155 



Breviter, who departed this life on the 18th of July, 1806, in 
the 84th year of his age. ' An Israelite indeed, in whom was 
no guile.' " 

XII. 

" Hie est depositum corpus Georgii Molden, Clerici. Obiit 
Jul. 1. Anno Domini 1815, iEtatis 49. Et corpus Sara?, 
uxoris ejus, iEtatis 57, obiit 20th Decembris, a.d. 1830." 
[See p. 89. Mr. Molden was proprietor of the Sandymount 
Classical Academy.] 

XIII. 

" Here lieth the remains of William Clarke, Esq r , of Rings- 
end, who departed this life on the 23rd of July, 1817, in the 
34th year of his age." 



" Sacred to the memory of Sir James Foulis, Bar*, late of 
Collinten, N th Britain. Obiit 3rd June, 1821, setat. 79." 
[See p. 23.] 

xv. 

u Here lie the mortal remains of John M'Namara, Esq r , of 
Sandymount, formerly of Coolnahella, barony of Tulla, Co. 
Clare", who died 3rd Sept r , 1822, aged 58 years. The Lord 
have mercy on his soul. Amen. He was a thorough honest 
Irishman, and a lover of his country." [See pp. 23, 91.] 

XVI. 

" Beneath are deposited the mortal remains of George Wall, 
who departed this life Nov r 10th, 1823, aged 59 years. Also 
of his son, George Saunders Wall, who departed this life Fe- 
bruary 5th, 1829, aged 26 years. Also of Walter Saunders 
Frayne, Esq r , of Bormount, Co. Wexford, who died Feb. 17th, 
1835, aged 23 years. Also Jane, wife of Geo. Wall, Sen 1 , 
who died February 19th, 1845, aged 80 years." 



" Erected to the memory of Mr. John Bond, late of Rings- 
end, and his wife Elizabeth Bond, by their affectionate 
daughter, Ann Harricks, of Westmorland St., Dublin. Also 
three infant children of the said Arm and Thomas Harricks, 
Esq*. And here lieth the remains of their son-in-law, John 
Cook, Esq r , Merchant, of this city, who departed this life 



156 APPENDIX II. 



February 24th, 1824, aged 40. Here also resteth the remains 
of their son-in-law, William French, Esq r , who departed this 
life the 30th of October, 1829, aged 42. Also lie interred 
here the remains of John Wm. Acton, Esq 1 ', of Ludlow, Salop, 
who departed this life January 16th, 1838, aged 22 years. A 
friend of the above family." 



" To the beloved memory of John Bourke Fitzsimons, the 
best of fathers, the truest of friends, and the most noble-hearted 
of men, by his affectionate and agonized son, Edward John 
Fitzsimons, in whose adored parent the poor have lost a kind, 
intrepid, and able advocate. Born 25th February, 1771, his 
gentle spirit fled this world of anguish for one of eternal bliss 
on the 7th of May, 1824, at Serpentine Av., leaving all who 
knew him to deplore his loss." [Mr. Fitzsimons' name will 
appear again.] 



" To the memory of Mary, the beloved wife of Wm. Spar- 
row, Esq r , of Sandymount, who departed this life the 13th 
April, 1826, aged 42 years. Also Mary Anne, eldest daughter 
of the above, who died 8th Feb 7 , 1827, aged 22 years; and 
Bartholomew Francis, third son of the above, who died 5th 
January, 1825, aged 18 years ; as also three infant children, 
who are all interred under this stone. Also to the memory 
of Jane Mary, daughter of the above, who died 8th Sep r , 
1828, aged 15 years; of William Boardman, who died 3rd 
July, 1830, aged 24 years ; and Wheeler Barton, who died 
8th May, 1832, aged 22 years; both sons of the above; and 
to Wm. George Alley, his infant grandson, who died 18th 
Sep r , 1838. Also to the memory of the said William Spar- 
row, Esq 1 ', who departed this life 12th July, 1835, aged 78 
years ; and to Selina Anne, his daughter, who died 11th April, 
1839, aged 21 years ; and also to James Joseph, his youngest 
son, who died 13th October, 1845, aged 25 years." 



" Here lieth the remains of William Kelly, Esq r , who de- 
parted this life the 11th of Dec r , 1833, aged 53 years. Also 
the remains of his 5 children. Here also are interred the 
mortal remains of his granddaughter, Dorothea Jane Cathe- 
rine Vigors, whose happy spirit was recalled the 6th day of 
July, 1844, at the age of 5 years and 2 months." 



NOTES. 



157 



" Here lies the body of Eleanor Catherine, sixth daughter 
of Colonel Bainbrigge, C.B. [of Lower Baggot-street, Dub- 
lin], Dep. Q.M. Gen 1 ,, and Sarah, his wife. DiedNov r 30th, 
1844, aged 7 years." 

XXII. 

" Here lieth the remains of Jane Bartlett, a native of 
Brixham, Devonshire. She died in Sandymount, 10th Dec- 
ember, 1848, aged 55 years. Also Harriet, daughter of the 
above, died 20th of April, 1853, aged 21 years. Also 
Thomas Bartlett, of Newgrove House, Sandymount, Master 
Mariner, husband and father of the above, died 13th May, 
1859, aged 65 years." [Mr. Bartlett's name will appear 
again.] 

XXIII. 

11 Sacred to the memory of William Massy, Esq r , who de- 
parted this life April the 24th, 1849, aged 62. Most ami- 
able and exemplary in every relation of life, he trusted alone 
in the merits of his Kedeemer, and walked humbly with his 
God." 



" This humble tribute is inscribed to the memory of Sir 
Arthur Clarke, M.D. [of North Great George's-street, Dub- 
lin], who died on the 9th of Nov r , 1857, aged 84 years, 
and of his wife Olivia, who died on the 24th of April, 1845 
[aged 60 years], by their loving daughters, and their devoted 
sister, Sydney Lady Morgan." [Lady Morgan's father, Ro- 
bert Owenson (d. in May, 1812), and some members of his 
family, are here interred. See Fitzpatrick's u Lady Morgan ; 
her Career, Literary and Personal" (London, I860).] 



" Sacred to the memory of Richard Cranfield [of Triton- 
ville, Irishtown-strand], who departed this life 24th Dec r , 
1859. John Cranfield, who died 24th Decern 1 ", 1823, aged 
13 years. Richard Cranfield, who died 21st Aug st , 1829, 
aged 15 years." 

[Other inscriptions, which, like the foregoing, have been 
literally transcribed, are reserved for a future occasion.] 



^tmals nf % |) arises. 



[Continued from p. 104.] 



1204. A copy of the letter of King John respecting the Fair, 
issued in this vear, is given, with a translation, in pp. 139, 
140. 

1241. For particulars of the charter granted by King Henry 
III. in this year for holding the Fair, see Note (y) p. 46. 

1279. The charter of King Edward I., which was granted 
in this year, postponed the time for holding the Fair. See 
pp. 46, 141. 

1299. King Edward I. granted a carucate of land, with a 
fishery, in Thorncastle, to William le Deveneys, clerk, at 
an annual rent of 58s. 4d. (Rot. in Cane. Hib.) The 
quantity of a carucate, or ploughland, is " greater or less, 
according to the nature or quality of the soil ; though it 
is commonly reputed to be such a portion of land as can 
give employment to one plow through the year." — Harris's 
" Ware's Works," vol. ii. p. 31. 

1418. The Prior of All-Hallows received the royal pardon 
for all intrusions, abatements, &c, on the land and tene- 
ments in Dovenaghbrook, now Donny brook, &c White- 
law and Walsh's " History of Dublin," vol. i. p. 355. 

1542. The priory of Kilmainham, near Dublin, according to 
various inquisitions consequent upon its dissolution in this 
year, was possessed of 10 acres near Donnybrook. See 
D' Alton's " History of the County of Dublin," p. 624. 

1592. Sir Thomas Fitzwilliam, of Bagotrath and Meryon, 
who d. in this year, was seised in fee of Booterstown, 140 
A., &c Rot. in Cane. Hib. 

1613. " He [Henry Ussher, D.D., see pp. 64, 99] held the 
archdeaconry of Dublin [comprising the parishes of ' Tany, 



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Rathfarnam, Donnebrook, and Kilgobban'], with the 
primacy [of all Ireland] for some time ; as I judge by his 
parol will, reduced to writing on the second of April, 1613 
[the day of his death] ; whereby it is recited, ' That where- 
as he had disposed of the archdeaconry of Dublin to his 
son, Luke Ussher [' a preaching minister, of good life and 
conversation'], who had enjoyed it five years, he dis- 
charged him of all accounts for the same, only £150 that 
he left in legacies ; that if his son Luke held the arch- 
deaconry above five years, he was to pay £100 to his son 
Richard, and £50 to some other of his family." (Harris's 
" Ware's Works," vol. i. p. 97.) He d. at his palace of 
Termon-Feichan, and was buried at St. Peter's, Drogheda, 
leaving seven sons — Mark, Luke, Thomas, John, Matthew, 
Richard, and Robert. — Cotton's " Fasti EcclesigeHibernicse," 
vol. v. p. 198. 
1636. Archdeacon (William) Bulkeley, who was appointed 
in this year, and d. in 1671 (see p. 99), lived at Miltown 
(not far from Donny brook), which, with many other 
houses and castles in the county of Dublin, was burned in 
1641, to prevent the English from planting any garrison 
in those parts. The particulars of his losses, which were 
very considerable, may be seen in the original Deposition 
before the Commissioners (MSS., T.C.D., F. 2.2). " He 
was a person of great virtue and piety ; one who made it 
his employ only to serve the Church ; and his diversion 
only to improve and adorn his estate with plantations, 
which, from a rude, desolate, and wild land, he brought to 
a most delightful patrimony." (Archdall's " Lodge's 
Peerage of Ireland," vol. v. p. 21.) His property de- 
scended to the Right Hon. James Tynte, who was interred 
at Donnybrook. See p. 127 ; and for a few more particu- 
lars of the Tynte family, Burke's " Extinct and Dormant 
Baronetcies" (London, 1841), p. 616. 

1639. It was found by inquisition that Thomas Viscount 
Fitzwilliam, of Meryon, had mortgaged 2 messuages and 

140 A. in Booterstown to William Ryves and his heirs 

Rot. in Cane. Hib. 

1654. "A Survey of the Half- Barony of Rathdown, in the 
County of Dublin. By Order of Charles Fleetwood, Lord 
Deputy, October 4th, 1654," is given in Lodge's " Deside- 
rata Curiosa Hibernica," vol. ii. pp. 529-568. See pp. 
67, 114, for particulars of it relative to these parishes. 



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1665. In this year the corporation of Dublin had a grant of 
a ferry over the Liffey, at the annual rent of £4, the ferry 
to be attended from an hour before sunrise to an hour 
after sunset ; and no other person to keep a ferry-boat, or 
carry for hire, between Dublin-bridge and Ringsend. — 
D'Alton's " History of the County of Dublin," p. 670. 

1672. Archdeacon Cotton, in his "Fasti Ecclesise Hiber- 
nicae," vol. v. p. 114, supplies a few particulars of Michael 
Delaune (see p. 99), who was in this year promoted to 
the archdeaconry of Dublin. He d. 3rd November, 1675, 
and was buried at St. Patrick's Cathedral. 

1689. Archdeacon Fitzgerald (see p. 99) resigned 26th 
February, declining to take the oaths to King William 
and Queen Mary; and thenceforward lived in London, 
with many other non-jurors, to the year 1706, or perhaps 
later. He contributed £20 towards printing the Irish 
version of the Bible, executed under the care and auspices 
of the Hon. Robert Boyle MS. Letter of Abp. Marsh. 

1697. A return relative to the Roman Catholic clergy of 
Ireland in this year, mentions as of Donnybrook, " Doctor 
Cruise, titular Archdeacon of Dublin, living in the county 
of Kildare ; Mr. Patrick Gilmore, living for the most part 
in the union of Monkstown." (D'Alton's " History of the 
County of Dublin," p. 805.) In the " List of the Popish 
Parish Priests in Ireland," &c. (Dublin, 1705), " Patrick 
Gillmore, Butterstown," aged 49, appears as Parish Priest 
of Donnybrook, having received orders in 1678, at Louth, 
from Dr. Oliver Plunket, R. C. Archbishop of Armagh. 

1699. A silver flagon and chalice, belonging to St. Mary's 
Church, Donnybrook, bear the following inscription: — 
" Ex Dono Reverendi Viri Richardi Reader, Archidiaconi, 
Doctoris in SS. Theol. et Parochi Daugtrocensis. iEdi- 
libus Wilhelmo Porter et Richardo Croshaw. Anno Dom. 
1699." A large and a small paten are inscribed with the 
initials of the same Churchwardens. 

1704. Thomas Hawley, or Halley, Archdeacon of Dublin 
(see p. 100), was one of the Proctors for the clergy in the 
Convocation of this year. (Cotton's " Fasti Bcelesiae 
Hibernicse," vol. v. p. 114.) The following entry appears 
in the matriculation register of Trinity College, Dublin : 
— " 1665. Junii 9. Pupillus, Thomas Halley, Pens. Pa- 
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Eboracenis. Educat. Deny, sub Mro. Palmer. Tutor, Geor- 
gius Walker."— Notes and Queries, 2nd S. x. 338. 

1706. The following advertisement of a fugitive apprentice 13 
rather curious : — " Mary Bruton, Prentice to Mary Wal- 
lis, of Irishtown, near Riugsend, run away from her 
mistress lately, and took several small things. She is 
about 15 years of age, pale-fac'd, dark hair, long-finger'd, 
but on each hand her two little fingers are crooked : her 
body is small and strait. She wears a pale orange-colour'd 
damask gown, a white frieze petty-coat, an old camlet 
riding-hood fac'd with blue silk, sprigg'd with silver. If 
any one will give notice, so that she may be had again, to 
Mr. Pope, at the Bear and Mortar in Skinner-row, shall 
have 10 shillings reward." — Dublin Mercury, 9th Feb- 
ruary, 

1714. In the parish register of Donnybrook, p. 11, there is a 
curious notice respecting strange women, from the Curate 
and Churchwardens, and dated 10th August, 1714, to 
" all y e inhabitants of Ringsend and Irishtown 5 and the 
rest of the inhabitants of the parish of Donebrook." 

1721. "Buried, Madam Calwell, from the Folly, 5th Fe- 
bruary " (Donnybrook Parish Register). The following 
anecdote of Bishop Mann (see p. 74), as given in the 
Dublin Chronicle, 17th January, 1789, may here fitly 
appear, in connexion with the Folly : — " About forty 
years since, when the Doctor, who lived as Chaplain in the 
Lord Chancellor Jocelyn's house at Stephen's-green, was 
passing through the hall, he observed an old man with 
newspapers under his arm, whose aspect denoted he had 
seen better days ; and on asking the veteran some ques- 
tions, he informed the Doctor that he had once been in 
affluent circumstances, that his name was Clenahan, and 
that he had kept a brazier's shop in Back-lane ; but that 
in order to push his fortune, he had taken a lot of ground 
at the rope-walk near the Low Ground at the rear of the 
quay called after Sir John Rogerson, whereon he expended a 
large sura in building two houses, which he had not money 
to finish, and in consequence was ruined. This place was 
long known by the name of Clenahan's Folly. However, 
before he concluded the account of himself, he mentioned 
his having assisted his father at the memorable siege of 
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of the worthy Doctor, and he related the particulars to the 
Chancellor, who communicated them at an ensuing Board 
to the Governors of the Koyal Hospital, whereupon the 
old man was appointed an officer in the Invalids. The 
writer of this anecdote saw him several times in his regi- 
mentals, happy throughout the remnant of his days, owing 
to the humanity and condescension of Dr. Mann, then Mi- 
nister of St. Matthew's Chapel, Ringsend." 

1725. "Baptized, Eleanor, daughter to Richard and Eliza- 
beth Colley, 29th July" (Donnybrooh Parish Register), 
This was a child (d. young) of Richard Colley, Esq., 
and Elizabeth, eldest daughter of John Sale, LL.D., Re- 
gistrar of the diocese of Dublin. Mr. Colley, whose name 
is prefixed to " An Account of the Foundation of the Royal 
Hospital of King Charles II." (Dublin, 1725), assumed 
the surname of Wesley in 1728 ; was created Baron 
Mornington in 1746 ; and was father of Garret, first Earl 
of Mornington (see p. 12), two of whose sons, as is well 
known, became respectively the Marquis Wellesley and the 
Duke of Wellington. See Archdali's " Lodge's Peerage 
of Ireland," vol. iii. p. 70. 

1726. By indenture made 21st February, Thomas Twigge, 
Esq., of Donnybrook (see p. 92), and others, sold " the 
mansion-house and lands of Donnybrook " (which by a 
deed made by Christopher and William Ussher, and bear- 
ing date 24th December, 1701, had been granted to 
Thomas Twigge, Esq., sen r , of Dublin, who d. in April, 
1702 J, to Robert Jocelyn, Esq. (afterwards Viscount 
Jocelyn, see p. 75), of the city of Dublin, and his heirs. 
Further mention is made of the house ; and it is now known 
as Bowerville, close to Donnybrook -green ! Lord Jocelyn, 
it may be added, " was a gentleman of unimpeached poli- 
tical character, amiable private manners, and distinguished 
legal abilities ;" and wishing to redeem the darkened annals 
of his country from fable or falsehood, he became (as 
Lord Chancellor Ellesmere had been of Sir John Davies) the 

patron of Walter Harris Smyth's " Chronicle of the 

Law Officers of Ireland," p. 308. 

1726. "Buried, yeReverend John Borrough, Minister of St. 
Mathew's, 11th May" (Donnybrook Parish Register). See 
p. 72. An extract from a letter from Abp. Marsh respect- 
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in Archdeacon Cotton's " Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicse," vol. 
v. p. 108. For the inscription on his tombstone, etc., see 
p. 152. 

1727. "Madam Claxton," who was buried 19th November 
(Donnybrook Parish Register), was probably mother of 
Thomas Claxton, Esq., of Dublin, whose daughter Frances 
(relict of Richard, first Earl of Ross) m. Lord Newport 
(see p. 75), 15th November, 1754, and d. 25th May, 
1772. See ArchdalFs " Lodge's Peerage of Ireland," vol. 
iii. p. 269. 

1727. In this year, during the incumbency of Archdeacon 
Whittingham, the parish of St. Peter, Dublin, which had 
been formed in 1680, was perpetually united to the arch- 
deaconry of the diocese, in lieu of the parish of Enisboyne, 
now Dunganstown, in the county of Kildare. The vicars 
or ministers of St Peter's thenceforward held the office of 
Archdeacon of Dublin. — Erck's " Irish Ecclesiastical Re- 
gister" (Dublin, 1830), p. 84. 

1728. The unfortunate James Annesley was put on board 
ship at Ringsend, in April, by his uncle, Richard (An- 
nesley) Lord Altham (who subsequently usurped likewise 
the earldom of Anglesey), and despatched to North Ame- 
rica, where he, the heir of the house of Annesley, remained 
in slavery for thirteen years. See an interesting paper, 
entitled " The Vicissitudes of James Annesley, a Tale of 
the Peerage," in Duffy's Hibernian Magazine (Dublin, 
1860), vol. i. pp. 176-185; and Gilbert's "History of 
Dublin," vol. ii. pp. 322-331. Baron Mountney was one 
of the three judges before whom the great cause of " Lessor 
of James Annesley, Esq. v. the Right Honourable 
Richard Earl of Anglesey " was tried in the Court of 
Exchequer, Dublin, in 1743 ; and perhaps was in some 
way connected with Donnybrook ; for in the register of 
burials in that parish the following entries appear : — 
" Margrett Mountany, wife to ye Hon. Baron Mountany, 
8th April, 1756;" and " Benjman Mounteny, Esq., 11th 
June, 1757;" — and in the Visitation-return, Consist. Court, 
Dublin, "Buried, Mrs. Mary Mountainy, 7th March, 
1776." 

1728. Strangely enough, Mr. John Day, Churchwarden of 
Donnybrook, was unable to write even his name (see p. 
73) ; but the same must be observed of Mr. Symon Rich- 



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ardson, Sheriff of Carrickfergus in 1671 M'Skimin's 

" History of Carrickfergus " (Belfast, 1823), p. 326. 

1729. " On Saturday last in the afternoon there began here 
a violent hurricane of wind, blowing from S.E., which 
came so suddainly, and blew so violently, as to endanger 
the wreck of several ships, boats, &c, particularly the 
Portmahone Man of War," &c. (Dublin Intelligence, 
25th March.) The name of this vessel, which, as reported 
in the same newspaper of the 11th of October in the fol- 
lowing year, " is come in [to Ringsend] from her cruize, 
without having the good fortune to meet with the pyrate 
she went in quest of," frequently appears in the parish 
register of Donnybrook. 

1729. Archbishop King (see pp. 12, 41, 73) d. 8th May, 
having "yesterday begun to hold his annual Visitation for 
his diocese " (Dublin Gazette, 6th May). " The town is 
almost as if a general calamity had happen'd, so deeply is 
the loss taken, by our citizens, of the Most Reverend 
Father in God, Wra. King, Lord Archbishop of Dublin, 
Primate and Metropolitan of all [sic] Ireland, who died 
at 4 o'clock this afternoon [the 8th], at his Palace of St. 
Sepulcher's, in a very advanced age, truly lamented by 
those who were so happy as to be of his Lordship's ac- 
quaintance, or came to the knowledge of his many virtues, 
having all the good qualities necessary for making the 
greatest figure in life, the best patriot, truest friend to his 
country, of the most extensive charity, great piety, and 
profound learning. He died as he lived, as a saint, leaving 
his possessions mostly to be distributed for charitable uses, 
and but little more than his coach and cattle to defray the 
expenses of his funeral solemnity." . . . "This even- 
ing [the 10th] at 4 o'clock the corps of his Grace the 
Archbishop of Dublin is to be interr'd, according to his 
desire, at Donnebrooke, a little pleasant village, about a 
mile from this city, in a tomb prepar'd for that purpose, 
under the direction and management of Will. Hawkins, 
Esq., our King-at-Arms. Nothing has been heard hardly 
for these two days past but laments for his loss, he being 
in the publick opinion, the best friend to this nation, that 
ever enjoy'd such a dignity in it. 'Tis talk'd that he will 
be succeeded by the Bishop of Killmore [and Ardagh, 
Josiah Hort, D.D.], or Derry [Henry Downes, D.D.], 
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learning. [He was succeeded by John Hoadley, D.D., 
Bishop of Ferns and Leighlin.] His Grace was 83 years 
old and 11 days." {Dublin Intelligence, 10th May.) 
" Saturday night last the remains of our Archbp. was 
interred at Donebrooke, in a very decent tho' plain man- 
ner, being accompany'd thither by most of our nobility 
and gentry, and thousands of our citizens. The corps 
was put above 2 foot under water, in a grave 9 foot deep, 
over which we hear a monument will be erected." (lb. 
13th May.) See also the Dublin Weekly Journal, and the 
Dublin Gazette, 10th May, in the latter of which it is 
stated that " his body was decently, but privately interred 
this evening." A short memoir of the Archbishop is given 
in the "Ordnance Survey of Londonderry" (Dublin, 1837), 
p. 63, chiefly taken from the character drawn by Walter 
Harris, who assigns him all the qualities of head and heart 
that should belong to a Christian prelate. 

1729. The baptismal font in St. Mary's Church, Donny- 
brook, bears the following inscription: — "John Lamont 
fecit, 1729. Mr. Thomas Griesdall, Mr. Richard Goodwin, 
Churchwardens." In the Dublin Intelligence, 27th May in 
this year, Mr. Griesdall (see p. 152) is spoken of as a man 
"of character above aspersion." Mr. Goodwin lived at 
Booterstown, as appears from the Dublin Weekly Journal, 
12th October, 1728. 

1729. " On Sunday at Donnebrooke, we are informed seve- 
ral riots were made by fellows who pretended to be follow- 
ers to those call'd Kevan Bail, who abus'd several men and 
women, till some of the real persons, who go under that 
denomination, being informed of it, in tents where they 
were quietly diverting themselves, gather'd in a body, fell 
on them, and beat them after some resistance very 
severely." {Dublin Intelligence, 19th August.) "The 
Annual Fair suppressed by order of our Lord Mayor [Sir 
Peter Verdoen], to prevent the usual riots bred there." — 
lb. 23rd August. 

1729. " The late frequent rains here have caus'd much 
greater floods than ordinary in the foords, on the great 
roads, leading to this city; but we have word of no 
damage caus'd thereby, except the drowning of a few 
young cattle this week, which were bound on carriages to 
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waters borne down the river and drowned : the attendants 
very narrowly escap'd." — Dublin Intelligence, 29th No- 
vember. 

1730. "Sunday last Mr. Stoyt, of Clarendon -street, was 
unfortunately kill'd on Thorncastle Bridge [?] near the 
Blackrock, by the overturning of one of his own coaches 
which he drove," &c. — Dublin Intelligence, 21st July. 

1730. " On Tuesday last [the 11th] died the Rev. Dr. Ducat 
[Dougatt, see p. 73], nephew to the late A. Bp. of Dublin, 
Minister of St. Andrew's Church, &c. And on Thursday 
night last he was interr'd at Donnebroke, with his uncle, 
where, 'tis said, a stately monument will be erected over 
them." (Dublin Intelligence, 15th August.) " Last Tues- 
day in the afternoon died of a dropsy and consumption . . 
. . the Rev. Mr. Robert Dougatt, Minister of St. Andrew's 
and St. Mark's, Chanter of St. Patrick's, and Keeper of 
the Publick Library. N. B. The scarfs and hat-bands that 
were used at the funeral, were the manufacture of this 
kingdom, the scarfs being Irish holland, and the hat-bands 
Irish cambrick" (Dublin Gazette, same date). "He was 
interred in a grave nine feet deep, by [the side of] his 
uncle." (Dublin Weekly Journal, same date.) Linen 
scarfs were first used in 1729, at Colonel Groves' funeral, 
in Dublin, to encourage the linen manufacture of Ireland. 

1730. " Whereas the Salt Works at Ringsend, Dublin, where 
Mr. Burges [' the late famous English undertaker, and 
builder of the Salt Works ' ] formerly made the best of 
salt, are now by his son Ambrose Burges at work, making 
much better salt there than ever yet was made in this 
kingdom,'' &c. (Dublin Gazette, 19th September). 
" Buried, Ammoross Burges, 8th September," and " Eliza- 
Taylor, sister-in-law to Mr. Burges, 30th September, 
1732." — Donnybrook Parish Register, 

1730. " On Wednesday last 70 fellows were carried from 
Newgate, and ship'd off at Rings-End for transportation." — 
Dublin Weekly Journal, 17th October. 

1731. " Thursday last a race was run on the strand of Rings- 
end, for a £5 plate, and won by a mare belonging to Mr. 
Fitzgerald of the county Kildare, who also won the last 
plate that was run for there, as formerly mentioned in 
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1732. " Last Wednesday a Powder Mill was blown up near 
Ballsbridge." — Pwe's Occurrences, 2nd September. 

1737. "Buried, a Relation of Mrs. Johnson's, from St. Pat- 
rick's, 15th December" (Donnybrook Parish Register}. 
Who was this ? Stella d. 28th January, 1728. 

1741. "Buried, y e Reverend Michael Hartlip, in St. Bride's, 
26th August." (Donnybrook Parish Register.} See p. 72. 

1742. Mr. D' Alton states in the second edition of his " King 
James' Irish Army List, 1689," (Dublin, 1860), vol. ii. 
p. 209, that in 1703 John Power, " commonly called Lord 
Power," had petitioned Queen Anne, setting forth that 
"during the late calamitous times he was kind and service- 
able to divers Protestants, especially in Limerick, during the 
siege, he being then mayor of the city ; that he had gone to 
France, and was in the army there, when encouragement 
having been given to him by the late King William, he 
quitted that country, though offered a major-generalship if 
he remained ; that the sudden death of that King retarded 
his interest, but her Majesty having given him license to 
return, he gave up his son to be educated a Protestant, the 
Queen allowing a yearly maintenance for his education ; 
and that she gave himself an appointment to go and serve 
the King of Portugal, her ally. That during his absence 
from the kingdom, he was outlawed as for treason, 
though, as he relied, he had neither real nor personal 
property that could accrue to the Crown by his out- 
lawry. That however, by a recent Act of Parliament 
such attainder could not be cleared away, but only by 
another Act, the benefit of which he therefore prayed." 
And of " Henry Lord Power," who was buried in this 
year (1742) at St. Matthew's, Ringsend (see p. 75), Mr. 
D' Alton makes the following brief mention : — " In the 
Civil Establishment of 1727 the name of Henry Power, 
commonly called Lord Power, appears [as already stated] 
for a grant of £550 per annum, although a Report of 
the Irish Commons' Committee in 1715 said, that this 
pension was granted to a person of suspected principles in 
London. This Henry, as appears by another petition, in 
1717, of Sir Marcus Beresford (the husband of Lady 
Catherine), claimed her estates as next heir male of her 
father. The attempt was however denounced as ' bold and 
dangerous.' " 



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1742. The ceremonial of the consecration of the Cabbage 
Garden (see p. 75) is recorded in a MS. volume, now in 
the library of Trinity College, Dublin. In consequence of 
a mandate from the Lord Lieutenant and Privy Council, 
dated 4th March, 1666, the Dean and Chapter of St Pat- 
rick's found it necessary to appropriate a piece of land for 
the purposes of sepulture : they therefore demised to Henry 
Price, Minister, and to the Churchwardens of the parish of 
St. Nicholas Without, three stangs of ground in the parish 
of St. Kevin, to be used for the interment of the parish- 
ioners, and the inhabitants of the Close, at the yearly rent 
of five shillings, for 41 years; which lease was to be re- 
newed, upon demand, without increase of rent, and the 
parishioners were to enclose the same. (Monck Mason's 
"History of St. Patrick's Cathedral," Notes, p. LXIII.) 
The Rev Dr. Ledwich was buried there in August, 1823. 

1743. " May 8. As they were going to bury a sailor in 
Irishtown churchyard, the coffin was perceived to move : 
they had it opened, found the man alive, and he re- 
covered." — Chronology of some Memorable Accidents " 
(Dublin, 1754). 

1749. By indenture made 23rd September, Robert Lord 
Newport (see p. 75) and Robert Downes, Esq., granted 
the house and grounds, late in the possession of Arthur 
Newburgh, Esq., to the Hon. Robert Jocelyn and his heirs. 
Mr. Newburgh m, Florence, younger daughter of John 
Cole, Esq., of Florence- Court, in the county of Fermanagh ; 
the former was buried 25th March, and the latter 7th 
May, 1762, The baptisms of two sons, Robert and John, 
are also recorded. — Donnybrooh Parish Register. 

1758. Several particulars of Bishop Clayton, who was in this 
year buried at Donnybrook (see p. 39), may be found in 
Mrs. Thomson's " Memoirs and Correspondence of Vis- 
countess Sundon" (London, 1847), vol. ii. pp. 1-36, &c. 
His letters to Mrs. Clayton (whose husband, Robert 
Clayton, Esq., was a relative of the Bishop, and was 
created an Irish Viscount in 1735) " present a lively pic- 
ture of the Viceregal Court at this period, and are valu- 
able, as affording the observations of a shrewd and deeply- 
interested looker-on." His marriage is referred to in the 
following letter to Dr. Elwood, as inserted in the registry 
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and empower you to make a resignation of my fellowship 
to the Provost and Senior Fellows, on the Monday follow- 
ing Trinity Sunday next, which is the day appointed for 
my marriage " ; and Mrs. Thomson gives as an instance 
of his remarkable liberality in money matters (whatever 
may have been his failings in ether respects), that " hav- 
ing married the daughter of Chief Justice Donnellan, he 
gave that lady's portion to her sister." A portrait of him 
is preserved in the see-house of Cork ; and a marble bust 
in the library of Trinity College, Dublin. 

1759. For some particulars of Dr. Mosse, who was buried 
in this year at Donnybrook (see pp. 11, 38), and " whose 
memory perhaps will be revered by succeeding ages, when 
it shall be known from what a small beginning he carried 
into perfection that stately building," the Lying-in Hos- 
pital, see Skater's Public Gazetteer, 20th February. 

1764. The Right Hon. Warden Flood, Lord Chief Justice of 
the Court of King's Bench in Ireland, d. at an advanced 
age, 16th April {Gent. Mag. 1764, Part i. p. 198). He 
was eminent for his abilities and acquirements ; was father 
of the Right Hon. Henry Flood, " the Irish Demosthenes" ; 
and had resided in Donny brook Castle. For an interesting 
letter from the late Mr. Peter Burrow T es, of Dublin, from 
which the following extract is taken, see the " Correspon- 
dence of tiie Right Hon. John Beresford" (London, 1854), 
vol. ii. p. 11 : — "Mrs. Davis says that Mrs. Gunn, of 
Waterford, mother, I believe, to Mr. Paul, and Mrs. Carew, 
mother to the Member of that name, both lived in the 
castle of Donnybrook at an early period of the Chief Jus- 
tice's residence there. . . . Mrs, Davis' account is, 
that Mr. Flood lived in a retired manner in the castle of 
Donnybrook, and did not introduce his wife [whose name 
had been Whiteside] to any person from pride, his income 
being too small to enable him to have intercourse on equal 
terms with persons of his rank. Such, she says, was the 
conversation at Donnybrook very long before the birth of 
Jocelyn ; and she says many persons disliked both Mr. and 
Mrs. Flood on account of their pride and reserve. Such 
evidence, coming from respectable persons, would, I think, 
completely account lor and overthrow their w r hole case on 
the other side, as it might show how consistently with 
marriage a reputation of illicit cohabitation might arise." 
But, as is well known, it was the opinion of a jury in 

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1793, that there had been legal defects in the matter, and 
that their eldest child, Henry, was consequently illegitimate. 
See " Memoirs of the Life and Correspondence of the Right 
Hon. Henry Flood, M.P." (Dublin, 1838), p. 393. 

1768. "Married by y e Archdeacon's License [see p. 78], by 
Dr. Mann, Mr. Samuel Robison to Mrs. Mary Beats, 11th 
February" (Donnybrook Parish Register}. For particu- 
lars of a daring robbery committed by five men on Mr. 
Samuel Robinson, of Beggarsbush, within 100 yards of the 
turnpike-gate, No. 1., on the Circular-road near Donny- 
brook, see the Dub. Chron. 21st January, 1790. 

1768. By indenture made 9th December, Robert, second 
Viscount Jocelyn demised to John Fitzgibbon, Esq., of 
Dublin, and his heirs, the messuage, out-offices, &c, situate 
at Donnybrook, " as fully as the same are now possessed 
by the said John Fitzgibbon [see p. 79], for the lives of 
the said John Fitzgibbon, Ion Fitzgibbon, and John 
Fitzgibbon [afterwards the Earl of Clare], Esquires, his 
sons," at an annual rent of <£40. Mr. Fitzgibbon, sen 1 , 
was a barrister of first-rate eminence, and realised, it is 
said, a property of £6,000 a-year — Wills' " Lives of Illus- 
trious and Distinguished Irishmen" (Dublin, 1839-47), 
vol. v. p. 432. 

1770. "Early on Friday morning last [the 20th] there- 
mains of the Rev. Dean Brocas [see p. 77] was interred in 
St. Anne's churchyard ; as he was a zealous and useful 
promoter of the interest and manufactures of this kingdom, 
his death gave universal concern. The corporation of 
weavers in their gowns, preceded by their beadle, attended 
the funeral, the Dean being free of their guild ; many of 
the most respectable silk-manufacturers, and several hun- 
dreds of the working silk- weavers, also joined the proces- 
sion, in gratitude for his important services to their manu- 
factures, as a Director of the Irish Silk Warehouse, and a 
Member of the Dublin Society." (Freeman's Journal, 
24th April.) " The Dean and Chapter of St. Patrick's 
Cathedral have presented the Rev. George Philips, A.M., 
to the living of St. Luke in this city, void by the death of 
the Rev. Dean Brocas."— 76. 17th May. 

1773. " We have the pleasure of acquainting the publick, 
that, notwithstanding the crowds of every kind assembled 
on Sunday last, at Donnybrook Fair, there happened not 
the least riot, or other disturbance, contrary to the expec- 



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tations of many, who have not forgot the dreadful accidents 
to which that place is particularly liable, especially on 
Sundays, during the annual fair. What this extraordinary 
good behaviour is owing to, cannot be immediately ac- 
counted for ; but as one swallow makes no summer, so 
unusual a calm should not slacken the care of our magis- 
trates, who, from the experience of former years, have 
reason still to be prepared for any sudden occasion," &c — 
Freeman's Journal, 31st August. 

1776. "Buried, Rich d Lord Vise* Fitzwilliam [see p. 81], 
27th May." — Visitation- return, Consist. Court, Dublin. 

1778. By indenture made 24th June, Robert (Jocelyn), first 
Earl of Roden, demised to Mrs. Margaret Ashworth, of 
Donnybrook, and her heirs, for three lives, the house and 
premises, late in the possession of John Fitzgibbon, Esq., at 
. an annual rent of =£56 17s. 6d. For the connexion of the 
Ashworth family with Donnybrook, see p. 78. 

1780. "Buried at Donnybrook, 2nd July, Hon ble Lieut* 
Col 1 Francis Napier " ( Visitation-return, Consist. Court, 
Dublin). He was third son of Francis, fifth Baron Napier, 
of Merchistoun, and d. s. p,, a lieut.-colonel of marines. 
See p. 128. 

1783. In the Rev. John Wesley's Journal, as given in his 
" Works" (London, 1810), vol. v. p. 383, is the following 
passage: — "Monday 5 [May]. We prepared for going 
on board the packet ; but as it delayed sailing, on Tuesday 
6, I waited on Lady Arabella Denny, at the Blackrock, 
four miles from Dublin. It [now known as Lisaniskea, 
the residence of Frederic Willis, Esq.] is one of the plea- 
santest spots I ever saw. The garden is everything in 
miniature. On one side is a grove with serpentine walks ; 
on the other a little meadow and a green- house, with a 
study (which she calls her chapel), hanging over the sea. 
Between these is a broad walk, leading down almost to 
the edge of the water ; along which run two narrow walks, 
commanding the quay, one above the other. Bat it can- 
not be long before this excellent lady will remove to a 
nobler paradise." Lady Arabella Fitzmaurice, second 
daughter of Thomas, first Earl of Kerry, m Arthur Denny, 
Esq., of Tralee, M.P. for the county of Kerry, and was left 
a widow, without issue, 8th August, 1742. Her philan- 
thropic character is well known. From Edwards' " Cork 
Remembrancer" (Cork, 1792), p. 196, we learn that in 



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1760 " the thanks of the governors of the workhouse of 
Dublin were presented to Lady Arabella Denny for her 
unremitting attention to the foundling children, but par- 
ticularly for a clock lately put up at her ladyship's 
expense in the nursery, with the following inscription: — 
' For the benefit of infants protected by this hospital, Lady 
Arabella Denny presents this clock, to mark, that as the 
children reared by the spoon must have but a small quan- 
tity of food at a time, it must be offered frequently ; for 
which purpose this clock strikes every twenty minutes, at 
which notice all the infants that are not asleep must be 
discreetly fed.' " And in the Freeman's Journal. 20th 
July, 1765, it is recorded that "the Right Hon. Lady 
Arabella Denny was complimented with her freedom of 
said guild [of merchants], as a mark of their esteem for 
her ladyship, for her many great charities and constant 
care of the poor foundling children in the city workhouse; 
and Friday being Assembly Day, her ladyship was or- 
dered to be presented with the freedom of this city [of 
Dublin] in a silver box." She was the founder of the 
Magdalen Asylum in Leeson-street, Dublin, which was 
opened 11th June, 1766, and was the first institution of 
the kind in this country. In the Dub. Chron. 20th March, 
1792, there is merely the following brief announcement of 
her death, which had been incorrectly reported, with some 
particulars, in the Gent. Mag. 1785, Part i. p. 235 : — 
" Died on Sunday [the 18th], at her house at the Black- 
rock, Lady Arabella Denny, aged 85." But in the same 
newspaper of the 10th of the next month the public were 
informed that " the Royal Irish Academy at their next 
meeting purpose to offer a prize medal, value 100 guineas, 
for the best monody on the death of the late Lady Arabella 
Denny. Six months are to be given for the above perfor- 
mance. That esteemed lady's virtues and angelic life 
certainly afford an opportunity for touching the most deli- 
cate keys of the human heart." See a " Monody on the 
Death of Lady Arabella Denny," by John Macaulay, Esq., 
M.R.I. A., 8vo. 1792. And for some lines " by a Magdalen," 
of which the following are a portion, see the Bub. Chron. 
22nd September, 1792 :— 

" By all lamented, but by us the most, 

Whose wand'ring souls your bounty did reclaim ; 
When on the world's uncertain ocean tost, 

When lost to friends, to honour, and. to fame." 



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1783. " Married, July 25th, by Cousistorial License, John 
Travers, Esq., to the Honorable Grace Licet [Lysaght, 
second daughter of John, first Lord Lisle], by the Eev d 
Mr. Evan, Chaplain to the Right Honorable Lady Lisle." 
— Visitation -return, Consist. Court, Dublin. 

1783. An Act was passed, 23 and 24 Geo. iii. c. 40, to pre- 
vent the commission of offences against the Inland Fishery 
Act in the Liffey, from Island- bridge weirs to Poolbeg 
Light-house. 

1784. " Buried, Rev d Doctor Benson, 9th March " ( Visita- 
tion-return, Consist. Court, Dublin). This was Thomas 
Benson, D.D., Vicar Choral of St. Patrick's, Dublin. 

1786. By 26 Geo. iii. c. 19, the corporation for preserving 
and improving the port of Dublin were empowered to make 
rules and by-laws for cleansing and improving it, for 
regulating the conduct of masters of vessels as to ballast, 
stationing and mooring their ships, for repairing the walls 
and quays, &c. ; and by another Act of this session, 26 
Geo. iii. c. 50, s. 18, stretching a draught-net across the 
mouth of the Liffey, or fishing with any net, without con- 
sent of the owner of the fishery in writing, from Ringsend 
or Clontarf island to Chanelizod, was subjected to a penalty 
of <£5, and a forfeiture of the implements and tackle. 
Many other enactments have been made for the improve- 
ment and regulation of the river. 

1787. An 8vo pamphlet (pp. 56), entitled " Remarks and 
Observations on the intention of turning the course of the 
river Dodder, in order to shew the inexpedience of that 
measure," was in this year published in Dublin. 

1787. For particulars of improvements effected in the har- 
bour by the erection of the Light-house and adjoining 
portion of the South-wall, see the Dub. Chron. 26th May. 

1787. " It is a singularity in the will [made loth May, and 
proved 8th September, 1787] of Admiral [Matthew] 
Moore [second son of Edward Moore, Esq., of Mooresfort, 
in the county of Tipperary (whose elder son was the Ven. 
Edward Moore, D.D., Archdeacon of Emly), and brother 
of Elizabeth, m. in the year 1746 John, first Lord 
Lisle], who died a few days ago near the Blackrock, that 
he ordered his body to be buried at low- water mark. He 
was a man of opulence, and so attached has he been to a 



174 APPENDIX II. 



marine character, that from the turret of his garden the 
different naval flags of England were always seen flying, 
and in particular a flag for Sunday. The influence of his 
friends should be exerted to rescue his remains from the 
various revolutions of the tides, and deposit them in peace 
on the better security of terra firma." — Dub. Chron. 5th 
July; and Gent. Mag. 1787, Part ii. p. 642. 

1787. "Yesterday the annual melon feast was celebrated 
at Conway's Tavern at the Blackrock, at which a nume- 
rous crowd of the most respectable citizens, accompanied 
by the most distinguished of the curious in our national 
productions, attended ; there were fourteen brace of melons 
produced by the claimants, all of which were of the most 
excellent flavour. There were two medals adjudged ; the 
first a gold one, value three guineas, for the best flavoured 
Rock Cantelope melon ; and for the second best, a silver 
one, value one guinea. The first was obtained by the 
Right Hon. John Beresford ; and the second by his Grace 
[Robert Fowler, D.D.] the Archbishop of Dublin."— .Z>w&. 
Chron. 21st August. 

1787. " The demand for crown glass for the French market 
has encouraged a wealthy company from England to build 
a glasshouse in the neighbourhood of this city : the situa- 
tion they have chosen is at the foot of Ringsend-bridge." — 
Dub. Chron. 30th August. 

1787. " We have the satisfaction to acquaint our readers, 
that the Bar of Dodder is no more, and where this sand- 
bank stood, the water is actually deeper than it is in many 
other parts of the ship channel, between that place and 
Poolbeg. The public may form an idea of the labour and 
attention bestowed on this necessary work, when we inform 
them that since the beginning of last spring there have 
been upwards of 47,000 tons of sand and gravel raised 
there." — Dub. Chron. 22nd September. 

1787. " It is observed that our manufactures, fine arts, &c, 
are in a progressive state, not only in the metropolis, but 
in its vicinity, which is apparent from a variety of in- 
stances. . . . We cannot conclude these remarks 
without taking notice of the progress of the salt-works near 
Ringsend." — Dub. Chron. 6th October. 

1787. " The inhabitants of this metropolis, as well as of the 
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Jones, fourth] Lord [Viscount] Ranelagh, for forwarding 
the great national work, the improvement of the harbour of 
Dublin, so as to render it safe and commodious for the 
shipping of all nations. The Wall [see p. 54] has been 
carried to an amazing length, considering the shortness of 
the time ; many dangerous sandbanks are removed, and 
other necessary alterations effected with such judicious 
attention and spirited activity as reflects high honour on 
his lordship, and those gentlemen concerned in the ma- 
nagement of this important business, but particularly to 
the noble lord who acts as Commissioner without fee or 
reward." — Dub. Citron. 11th October. 

1787. " On Monday, the 12th [November] inst, the late 
rains had so swelled the rivers as to occasion the most 
rapid and furious inundation in the city of Dublin, and in 
general throughout the kingdom, that ever was remem- 
bered. . . . The river Dodder [see p. 81] appeared 
like a large sea." (Gent. Mag. 1787, Part. ii. p. 1016.) 
See also Dub. Chron. 18th November. 

1787. The frequent and daring highway robberies committed 
in the neighbourhood of Dublin, as detailed in the news- 
papers of the day, fully warranted the following proceed- 
ings, which are recorded in the Dub. Chron. 15th Novem- 
ber : — 

" Blackrock Association. 
" At a Meeting of the Blackrock Association, held this day, 
at Jennett's Tavern, in Blackrock, 

" The Right Hon. Lord Viscount Ranelagh 
in the Chair, 

" The following Resolutions [with others] were unanimously 
agreed to : 

" Resolved, That we will give a reward of £20 to any 
person who will apprehend and prosecute to conviction any 
person guilty of a robbery upon the Blackrock- road, from 
Dublin to Dunleary [now Kingstown], Bullock, Dalkey, 
Roachestown, Cabinteely, and Laughlinstown ; and also 
from Donnybrook to Laughlinstown. 

" Resolved, That we will give a like sum of £20 to the 
person who will prosecute to conviction, any one guilty of 
house-breaking or burglary upon the said roads and neigh- 
bourhood thereof. 



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" Resolved, That we will give five guineas to every 
person giving any private information to any Member of 
this Association, which shall tend to the discovery and 
conviction of such offenders as are described in the former 
Resolutions. 

" Resolved, That an application be made to Govern- 
ment, by this Association, for a Special Commission to 
bring to immediate trial any persons guilty of the said 
offences upon the said roads, and upon conviction to bring 
them to immediate execution from the dock, to some place 
most conveniently near where the offence was committed. 

" Resolved, That Sir Nicholas Lawless, Bart., [of 
Maretimo, Blackrock, created Baron Cloncurry in 1789] 
be requested to be Treasurer to this Association, and the 
Rev. Doctor Burrow es [of Prospect School, Blackrock] be 
requested to be Secretary." 

In the Freeman's Journal, 12th October, 1771, the fol- 
lowing robbery bad been reported: — "Two gentlemen 
were robbed a few nights ago by footpads who infest 
Stillorgan-road : this is inserted that persons who travel 
that way may be prepared to receive them." And 
(not to give too many cases) we learn from the Dub. 
Chron. 25th September, 1787, that " early yesterday 
evening three post-chaises, with passengers, and a gentle- 
man's carriage, were stopped on Donny brook- road, and 
robbed by a gang of villains to a considerable amount. 
Two hackney carriages were in like manner stopped near 
Baggotrath Castle, and robbed." In the same newspaper, 
22nd January, 1788, "the gentlemen of the Blackrock 
Association [are said to] have determined immediately to 
establish a nightly patrole from the Rock to Baggot- street 
and back, to secure passengers from any depredations on 
the road. Several well-appointed persons are already 
nominated for this service, who will be continued through- 
out the year." And in the number for 17th September, 
1789, it is announced for the information of all concerned, 
that " Donny brook- road is at present infested with a set 
of robbers ; scarce a night passes, but one or more rob- 
beries are committed on that road, or its vicinity." The 
present very orderly state of the neighbourhood, as com- 
pared with the past, is subject matter for hearty con- 
gratulation. 
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way from Dunleary to Dublin, 16th December, " was met 
at Ballsbridge by a great number of weavers belonging to 
the silk and woollen branches, with orange and blue 
cockades, who took the horses from the carriage, and 
insisted on drawing him to town ; the streets through 
which he passed were illuminated in a most splendid man- 
ner."—^*. Mag. 1787, Part ii. p. 1116. 

1788. On the motion of Edmund (Butler), eleventh Viscount 
Mountgarret, 5th February, who " informed the House [of 
Lords] that its privileges had been grossly infringed by 
certain tax-gatherers, who had insulted a noble lord under 
pretence of exercising their duty," Messrs. Samuel Robin- 
son, of Beggarsbush, and Robert Roe, of Ringsend, Church- 
wardens, and Patrick Dunn, Constable, of the parish of 
Donnybrook, were ordered to attend at the bar. Monday, 
the 1 1th, the order of the day having been read for their 
attendance, Lord Mountgarret stated that he had com- 
muned with the noble lord who had complained against 
the Churchwardens ; and that as his lordship was satisfied 
they intended him no personal offence, he moved that the 
order be discharged. (Dub. Chron. 7th and 12th Fe- 
bruary.) At a vestry held by the Minister and Church- 
wardens of Donnybrook, 13th May, it was u resolved that 
the thanks of this parish be returned to Mr. Robert Roe 
and Mr. Samuel Robinson, our late worthy Churchwardens, 
for their spirited, attentive, and faithful discharge of their 
office."— lb. 20th May. 

1788. Very active measures taken by the Lord Mayor of 
Dublin (Alderman Wm. Alexander) for the cleansing of 
Ringsend. — Dub. Chron. 1st March. 

1788. For particulars of the very riotous conduct of the crew 
of the Bushe revenue cutter lying at Ringsend, which was 
attended with fatal consequences, see the Dub. Chron., 6th 
May. An instance of " the indiscriminate vengeance of 
those enraged people " of Ringsend is given in the same 
newspaper of the 17th inst. 

1788. " Died last Saturday at Blackrock, in the 53rd year 
of his age, George Alcock, Esq., of this city, Alderman, 
and President of the Court of Conscience [having been 
Lord Mayor of Dublin, 1786-87] ; a man of sense and 
sincerity ; of the most amiable virtues and engaging man- 
ners in private life, of upright conduct in public character." 



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(Dub, Chron. 20th May.) Alderman Alcock was the 
second son of the Rev. George Alcock, A.M., Prebendary 
of Moville, in the diocese of Derry (by Mary, daughter of 
Henry Downes, D.D., Bishop of Derry) ; and by his 
second wife (m. in September, 1765) he had several chil- 
dren. 

1788. " The new watch-house or barrack at the Blackrock 
is in considerable forwardness. This is the first of those 
that has been set about, pursuant to the plan for the pre- 
vention of smuggling — by the erection of barracks round 
the coasts of the kingdom." — Dub. Chron. 5th August. 

1788. " Monday last the ground was surveyed in Ringsend, 
for the purpose of building a new street, which is to lead 
from the bridge to the King's watch-house ; the houses 
are to be uniformly built, and to be two stories high, and 
the street is to be thirty feet in breadth. This, when com- 
pleted, will be a great addition to that very improvable 
and pleasing outlet." — Dub. Chron. 21st August. 

1788. " The hailstones which fell in this city and suburbs 
on Tuesday last about three o'clock, is a very remarkable 
phenomenon, which was heightened by the warmth of the 
dog-days, and is a circumstance not paralleled in Dr. 
Rutty's ' Diary of the Weather,' daring sixty years in this 
climate." (Dub. Chron* 21st August.) A similar " phoe- 
nomenon " was witnessed in Booterstown and its neigh- 
bourhood on Monday afternoon, 6th August, 1860. 

1788. " So great is the progress already made in the mole 
or jettee in our harbour, commonly called the South or 
Ballast- Office- wall, that besides the mile and one quarter 
of the old wall from Ringsend to the Block-house (or 
Pigeon-house), there are upwards of three thousand feet in 
length of it completed of the new work from the Light- 
house westward : there are three contractors now at work 
upon this stupendous undertaking, exclusive of a part, 
which, as an experiment, the Harbour Commissioners are 
getting executed under their own immediate direction." — 
Dub. Chron. 28th August. 

1788. " Sir Samuel Bradstreet gave a most elegant enter- 
tainment on Monday last, at his villa near Booterstown, to 
his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant, Mr. Secretary Fitz- 
herbert, and a number of other persons of the first distinc- 
tion." (Dub. Chron. 2nd September.) Sir Samuel 



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Bradstreet, Bart., Becorder of Dublin, was appointed a 
Justice of the Court of King's Bench in 1784 ; and in 1788 
he was one of the Commissioners of the Great Seal. He 
d. at Booterstown, 2nd May, 1791. (Gent. Mag. 1791, 
Part i. p- 491.) See also Smyth's " Chronicle of the Law 
Officers of Ireland," pp. 42, 110, 257 ; and for particulars 
of his house, which was situated in Booterstown -lane, and 
was to be let or sold on the death of Lady Bradstreet, 
Saunders's News-Letter, 14th April, 1802. 

1788. " There is now exhibiting to the curious at Harrison's 
Tavern, Ringsend, a radish of surprising magnitude ; it 
measures in length one yard and a quarter, and in circum- 
ference eleven inches and a quarter." — Dub. Chron. 23rd 
September. 

1788. "Buried, Rev. Dr. Foster, 1st October" (Visitation- 
return, Consist. Court, Dublin). This was John Forster, 
D.D. (see p. 130), who had been a Senior Fellow of Trinity 
College, Dublin, and was " one of the richest private cler- 
gymen in Ireland." For particulars of his bequests, &c, 
see the Gent. Mag. 1788, Part. ii. p. 933. 

1788. " Thursday morning an accident happened at the 
Blackrock, which has been attended with most melancholy 
consequences : — A fine boy, about fourteen years old, 
passing by a gentleman's house, the lady's lap-dog ran out 
and bit him ; in about two hours the youth was seized 
with convulsive fits, and shortly after with the hydro- 
phobia ; and, notwithstanding every assistance that night, 
his friends were on Friday obliged to smother him between 
two beds." (Dub. Cliron., 28th October.) According to a 
correspondent in the next number, " the improbability of 
such a murder being committed within three miles of the 
metropolis, and near so many polished and well-informed 
people as reside at the Blackrock, is much greater than if 
it had been asserted to be in a very remote part of the 
country, far distant from any of the faculty of medicine." 
There is neither confirmation nor contradiction of the 
matter in the Chronicle ; but for some particulars of " hy- 
drophobic patients smothered," see Notes and Queries, 
1st S. v. 10 ; vi. 110, 206, 298, 437 ; 2nd S. ix. 454. 

1788. " On the low ground leading to Ringsend one way, 
and Ballsbridge on another, may now be seen the effects of 
practical industry. Some few years back, this place was 



180 APPENDIX II. 



in winter, and a great part of summer, a noisome and un- 
profitable morass." — Dub. Chron., 4th December. 

1788. " His [Bishop Mann's] family burial-place is in a 
vault under the chancel [of St. Matthew's, Ringsend]. 
In excavating for the descending flue of the stoves we 
unawares broke into it ; and an old woman (Bromlow) 
told me whose it was." (Information from Rev. Dr. 
Wall.) But the " good bishop," who had been Chaplain 
of St. Matthew's, and subsequently Archdeacon of Dublin 
(see pp. 74, 100), and of whom a biographical sketch is 
given in the Dub. Chron., 23rd December in this year, was 
buried in the chapel of Ballinaspic, or Bishopstown, near 
Cork. In a letter from Cork, dated 1st January, 1789, 
and published in the Chronicle of the 8th inst., it is men- 
tioned that " last week the remains of the Right Rev. Dr. 
Mann, late Bishop of Cork and Ross, were landed here 
from Bristol, and deposited at the Bishop's Palace [which, 
in order to provide for the personal superintendence of his 
successors, he had entirely rebuilt] until yesterday, when 
they were interred at Ballisnaspig," where was his country- 
seat, which he had made the abode of innocent cheerful- 
ness, and decent, but not expensive hospitality. By the 
writer of the sketch (Rev. Matthew West ?), who describes 
himself as connected with the departed prela'te by no other 
ties than those of long acquaintance and friendship, it is 
confidently afhrmed, that " no promotion to that high and 
important office in the Church had, in the memory of man, 
given more sincere or general satisfaction; never had a 
Chief Governor a more fortunate opportunity of throwing 
a lustre over the close of his administration ; and with 
whatever emotions at this day, whether of uneasiness or 
of pleasure, Lord Townshend might take a retrospect of 
his conduct in the viceroyalty of Ireland, it may either 
comfort or delight him to reflect, that he bequeathed to 
this country a good bishop" See Bp. Mant's " History of 
the Church of Ireland," vol. ii. pp. 649-651. A portrait 
is preserved in the see-house of Cork. 

1789. "The Wall to the Light-house is now in such for- 
wardness, that it is expected the whole will be completed 
in about eighteen months, which will then form one of the 
finest moles in the world. The stone for filling it up is 
brought from the nearest parts of the eastern coast ; but the 
granite flags or masses of stone designed to face it, are 



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quarrying at Loughshinny, in colour and texture equal to 
the Portland stone. It is but justice to mention, that the 
indefatigable personal attention of Lord Ranelagh to this 
great undertaking has been the principal means of its 
present forwardness." — Dub. Chron. 10th January. 

1789. "During the tempestuous wind this morning [13th 
January], a heavy and most tremendous sea rolled into 
our harbour, and did considerable damage to the new Wall, 
where it displaced stones of an enormous weight, and beat 
in the parapet- wall at the foot of the Light-house. The 
waves rose to the iron balustrade, against which, as well 
as the other parts of the tower, the billows dashed with 
such fury as made the watchmen almost despair of their 
lives for some hours." — Gent. Mag. 1789, Part i. p. 79. 

1789. " About four o'clock on Tuesday morning some villains 
attempted to enter the house in Booterstown- avenue, lately 
occupied by the Countess of Brandon, deceased, and now 
in the possession of Captain Tisdall, with an intention to 
rob the same ; but the captain hearing a noise at one of 
the parlour windows, got out of bed, and discharged a 
pistol towards that place where he conjectured the robbers 
were at work. One of them must have been wounded 
desperately, as he cried out twice, ' God ! I'm killed !' 
They in consequence made a precipitate retreat. . . . 
The captain took the house only the day before." (Bub. 
Chron. 12th May.) "I believe," said the late Chief 
Justice Bushe, " that the shooting of one assailant, in 
valiant self-defence, has more effect upon evil doers than 
the capital execution of a dozen criminals." Lady Brandon 
was the elder daughter of James Agar, Esq., of Gowran 
Castle, in the county of Kilkenny, and m. first, in 1726, 
Theobald (Bourke), seventh Viscount Mayo ; and secondly, 
in 1745, Francis (Birmingham), twenty-first Baron 
Athenry. In 1758, after Lord Athenry's death, she was 
created Countess of Brandon, and was for several years 
the first peeress in her own right in Ireland. Having been 
" long admired in the first circles of England, France, and 
Ireland, for genuine wit, elegance of taste, dignity of 
manners, and superior understanding," she d. s.p. in 1789, 
in her 81st year. {Gent. Mag 1789, Part i. p. 280.) 
The house in which she lived (now known as Bellevue, 
Cross-avenue), was until lately occupied by Mrs. Gillman, 
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1789. " Died at Coldblow [near Donnybrook], Co. Dublin, 
Sir William Fortick." {Dub. Citron." 2nd June.) He had 
served as Churchwarden of the parish in 1785 ; and was 
nearly related to the founder of Fortick's Alms-house, 
Lower Denmark- street, Dublin, which was opened in 1755, 
for the shelter of aged females. According to the Trea- 
surer's account for 1859 (" the first statement of the dis- 
posal of this revenue that, I believe, has ever been 
printed"), the receipts of the institution amounted to 
£264 Os. Id. 

1789. In the latter part of the last century the name of the 
village of Ballsbridge was frequently given as " Baal's- 
bridge"; as, e.g. in the Dub. Chron. 11th June, 1789. 
See also Sir H. Cavendish's "Statement of the Public 
Accounts of Ireland" (London, 1791), p. 8, where refer- 
ence is made to a parliamentary grant of £3,000, in the 
year 1757, for " Baal's Bridge." 

1789. "Last Friday a boat full of luggage, with several 
passengers on board, sunk near Ringsend, in consequence 
of which, every soul in the vessel perished, and a vast 
quantity of valuable articles were irreparably lost." — 
Dub. Chron. 28th July. 

1789. Died at Richmond, Surrey, 31st July, General the 
Hon. John Fitzwilliam, third son of Richard, fifth Viscount 
Fitzwilliam, of Merrion. (See p. 113.) He left his house 
on Richmond- green, valued at £20,000, with the residue 
of his fortune (after payment of legacies), amounting to 
nearly £40,000 more, to his " excellent and faithful 
servant, Thomas Jones," whom, as he expresses it in his 
will, he "brought out of Wales when a boy, and to whom 
he and his wife had particular obligations; and God bless 
him with it." See the Gent. Mag. 1789, Part ii. p. 766. 

1789. " Preparations, we hear, are making at the Lord 
Chancellor's seat on Mount Merrion, for the celebration of 
his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales' birth-day to- 
morrow ; on which occasion several of the first nobility 
and gentry in and about this city, are to be elegantly 
entertained there," {Dub. Chron. 11th August.) The Lord 
Chancellor was John Baron Fitzwilliam, afterwards Earl of 
Clare (see p. 79) ; and his residence was on that part of 
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1789. " The two packet boats, launched yesterday at Rings- 
end, we hear, are about twenty tons in the burthen and 
measurement larger than the ones now employed in the 
service of the Post Office ; they are fine sea-boats, and will 
be admirably appointed for the public use and accommo- 
dation." (Dub. Chron. 22nd August.) " Tempora mu- 
tantur, nos et mutamur in illis ;" and yet, what will our 
descendants think of us and our packets some sixty years 
hence ? 

1789. " A School for English and French, on the plan of 
the Portarlington Academies, is now opened by Lewis 
Gleyre, at Booterstown, within three miles of Dublin, 
opposite the sea," &c. — Dub. Chron. 5th September. 

1789. "November 27th, a duel was fought in a field near 
Donnybrook, between a noble peer (Lord Mountgarret) 
and a gentleman of the law ; in which his Lordship re- 
ceived two wounds ; but no fatal consequence is likely to 
result." (Gent. Mag. 1789, Part h\ p. 1138.) "These 
were the good old fighting days, when no learned connsel 
ever thought of going to the Courts without his briefs in 
one bag and his case of pistols in another, as he could 
scarcely tell which would be first required." Duels between 
men of note (e.g., Mr. Grattan and the Right Hon. Isaac 
Corry, Chancellor of the Exchequer, at Beggarsbnsh, as 
detailed in Saunders's Neivs- Letter, 19th and 24th Feb- 
ruary, 1800), were of very frequent occurrence in these 
localities ; but what has been given must suffice. For 
some sensible remarks on " the absurdity of duelling " (to 
say nothing of its flagrant sinfulness), see the Dublin 
Magazine, vol. ii. p. 741 (1763). " One would think," 
wrote Dr. Clarke, " the ways of destruction were but few, 
and that men were hard put to it to find them, before they 
could think of sacrificing themselves to the shadow of 
honour and the silly tyranny of custom." Happily the 
times are changed ! 

1789. " Cannon have been sent to the Pigeon-house, to 
announce the arrival in the Bay of his Excellency the 
Earl of Westmoreland, as soon as the Dorset yacht shall 
appear in sight." — Dub. Chron. 31st December. 

1789. A View of the South-wall and Light-house, "taken 
from Killmacud, 1788," is given in the Gent. Mag. 1789, 
Part ii. p. 897. 



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1790. His Excellency the Earl of Westmoreland, when 
riding at Ballsbridge, had a very narrow escape for his 
life Gent. Mag. 1790, Part i. p.' 171. 

1790. " The new bridge [see p. 82] leading to the Blackroek, 
which is to run parallel with Ballsbridge-road, will prove 
not only a work of utility, but of ornament to that quarter. 
It is to consist of three arches, the breadth between the 
parapet- walls 31 feet." (Dub. Chron 3rd April.) "Balls- 
bridge is now nearly finished, and open for passengers 

an handsome construction, that does credit to its architect." 
— lb. 30th April, 1791. 

1790. " As a proof that there is a strong predilection of the 
city's tending to inhabitation towards the sea, we have 
only to remark the improvements making at Ringsend and 
Irishtown, which promise in the course of a few years to 
make a capital appearance. One individual may do won- 
ders- When the old bridge was swept away by the 
mountain floods, which had swelled the Dodder [in 1787], 
Mr. Roe, the proprietor of the salt-works at this place, 
was unremitting in his attention to the erection of a new 
bridge: and we may say he saw it happily accomplished 
in a very elegant style of architecture, and strong enough 
to resist any future accident of the elements, except an 
earthquake. [It was destroyed by an inundation in 1802.] 
It will not therefore be supposed too much in saying that 
this beautiful marine outlet will in a short time exceed 
everything not only in this metropolis, but every other 
place in a similar situation, in the British dominions." — 
Dub. Chron. 1 st June. 

1790. For a copy of the "Rules and Regulations of the 
Friends of Industry, an Association established for the 
Encouragement of Honest Labour, in the Neighbourhood 
of Donnybrooke," see the Dub. Chron. 10th July. The 
district, to which the benefits of this institution were con- 
fined, was limited to the following bounds, viz., Coldblow- 
lane to the north, Booterstown-lane to the south. Black- 
rock-road to the east, and Clonskeagh-lane to the west. 

1790. "On Friday morning, twenty- seven poor haymakers 
attending at the Pigeon-house, in order to be put on board 
ship for England, were seized by a press-gang, and put on 
board a tender — the commander of the gang telling them 
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could have no objection to mow the enemies of their 
country, and they should have passage, diet, &c, gratis." 
— Dub. Chron. 3rd August. 

1790. " A house is intended shortly to be built on the present 
site of the Pigeon- house, which is to be fitted up for the 
accommodation of persons who may have occasion to pass 
and repass between this city and several parts of England." 
— Dub. Chron. 4th September. 

1790. " A new salt-house is preparing to be erected at 
Eingsend, on the speculation of a lately associated fishing 
company. We hope that this spirit of enterprise will 
extend through the whole kingdom, as the certain means 
of drawing wealth from the sea." — Dub. Chron. 7th 
October. 

1791. " When completed, it [the South-wall] will furnish 
one of the most singular and agreeable rides or walks in 
Europe, allowing an excursion in either way for more than 
two miles into the sea."-— Dub. Chron. 2nd June. 

1791. "The daily drag or haul of salmon, trout, mullet, 
base, &c, near the Light-house and Pool beg has been of 
late very considerable, but the fish are kept up at an ex- 
travagant price, when brought to market. Salmon in 
particular sometimes turn out to the number of fifty or 
sixty a day ; the larger kind sold, wholesale, at five shil- 
lings each, but afterwards retailed at sixpence the pound, 
though under the notion of being somewhat more stale. 
The Boyne salmon does not bring half that price, at the 
same time that it is infinitely superior in quality." — Dub. 
Chron. 4th June. 

1791. " We hear that it is in contemplation to erect, if 
practicable, a bridge from the lower part of the North- wall 
to Ringsend, for the purpose of forming a complete junction 
of every branch of the Circular-road." — Dub. Chron. 4th 
June. 

1791 . " The line of communication between the Grand Canal 
and the river Liffey, at Ringsend, is carrying on with 
the greatest forwardness ; and it is expected that it will 
be completed in less than twelve months." — Dub. Chron. 
20th August. 

1791. "Such is the present violent rage for building in 
Dublin, that the town is rapidly running away from its 

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former site. Very little space is left to the eastward from 
the city to Ballsbridge, which was formerly considered to 
be at a great distance." — Dub. Chron. 13th September. 

1791. " Amidst the various elegant and useful works at 
present carrying on in the environs of this capital, is a 
handsome road, forty feet in breadth, from Merrion- strand 
through Irishtown to Ringsend, an improvement that, 
exclusive of its great utility, has the pleasurable accom- 
modation of the citizens to recommend it to the public. 
. . . The road above-mentioned is not the only im- 
provement in that neighbourhood ; an ingenious citizen, 
Mr. Richard Cranfield [see p. 82, where a distinction 
should have been made between an uncle and a nephew of 
the same name] has, we find, begun to reclaim from the 
sea part of the strand near Scaldhill or Sandymount, which 
he has fenced and ploughed up for the purposes of agricul- 
ture." (Bub. Chron. 8th October.) As "Scaldhill" is 
close to the "Pigeon-house," it may be worth observing 
here, that " a parcell of ground called Scalled Park, alias 
Pigeon Parke, in St. James'-street, Dublin," was granted 
to the Earl of Meath and Henry Nicholls, Esq. — Rot. in 
Cane. Hib. 19 Car. ii. 

1791. " By the death of Lord Chetwynd [see p. 82] a pen- 
sion of £600 per annum ceases on the civil establishment 
of this kingdom. There is charged on the pension-list 
the sum of £400 per annum, to Owen Salisbury Brereton, 
in trust for the sole and separate use of Susannah Vis- 
countess Chetwynd, which she is to hold during coverture 
and pleasure." — Dub. Chron. 19th November. 

1791. For a long flourish anent the Rev. John Moore, of 
Donnybrook, who " occupies the house [Donnybrook 
Castle] lately inhabited by Counsellor Downes" (see p. 
92), see the Dub. Chron. 20th December, and other numbers 
of the same newspaper. Mr. Moore's boarding school (see 
p. 86) was well known in its day, and was continued for 
many years by the Rev. Prince Crawford, one of the 
curates of the parish. " Buried, Rev. John Moore, of Up. 
Baggot-st, Dublin, aged 89, 23rd March, 1840."— Don- 
nybrook Parish Register. 

1792. A part of the South- wall suddenly gave way, and a 
dreadful torrent broke into the lower grounds, inundating 
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road. (See p. 82.) " The communication to Ringsend and 
Irish town is entirely cut off, and its inhabitants are obliged 
to go to and fro by water." {Dub. Chron. 26th January.) 
" Yesterday his Grace the Duke of Leinster went on a sea- 
party, and after shooting the breach in the South- wall, 
sailed over the Low Ground and the South Lots, and 
landed safely at Merrion- square. . . . Boats ply with 
passengers to Merrion-square." — lb. 28th January. 

1792. Died at Blackrock, 21st April, John (Bourke), second 
Earl of Mayo. Not leaving any issue, he was s. by his 
brother, the Hon. and Most Rev. Joseph Dearie Bourke, 
D.D., Archbishop of Tuam.— Gent. Mag. 1792, Part i. 
p. 480. 

1792. "The marsh between Beggarsbush and Ringsend, 
through which the river Dodder passes in its way to 
Ringsend-bridge, which contains almost sixty acres, we 
hear is taken by Mr. Vavasour from Lord Fitzwilliam, on 
a lease of one hundred and fifty years, at the rent of £90 
per annum. This tract, which is every tide inundated by 
the tide and Dodder, the taker, it is said, intends imme- 
diately to reclaim [see p. 83] by a complete double em- 
bankment of the Dodder, w r hich, thus confined to a deter- 
mined channel, will then form an handsome canal through 
it; a circumstance that will not only ornament an un- 
sightly spot, but materially improve the salubrity of the 
air at Irishtown, Ringsend, &c." {Dub. Chron. 31st 
May.) " The river Dodder is to be turned to its old 
channel [see p. 84], which is the centre of the piece of 
ground south of Ringsend-bridge, which is flooded at high 
water. The edge of the river is to be banked with moun- 
tain-stone ; and the latter to come within a compass equal 
to the narrowest part of the Grand Canal." — lb. 25th 
September. 

1792. " The engines at present constructing at the point of 
the South -wall, for the purpose of draining the water from 
the ground which is so low situated in that quarter, have 
never before been seen or used in this country. They are 
extensive beyond the conception of any person who has not 
witnessed their operation in Holland. They play entirely 
by the force of steam, which is supplied by a prodigious 
fire of -sea-coal, is constantly kept up, and to which floods 
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applied. The materials for the above machine have ar- 
rived from Holland. Those who are best acquainted with 
its mechanical powers, give the strongest assurances of its 
being fully sufficient to keep the Low Ground in a dry and 
comfortable situation at all seasons of the year, and for 
little more than the first expense." — Dub. Chron. 26th 
June. 

1792. " Sunday night an affray happened at the Blaekrock : 
the new carriage, called the Eoyal George, which passes 
between Dublin and the Rock, and carries with perfect ac- 
commodation sixteen passengers, was the object of an 
envious attack made by the drivers of jaunting-cars, nod- 
dies, &c. Fortunately some gentlemen of rank and spirit 
were passengers in the George, who, aided by the gentle- 
men resident in the village, not only protected that useful 
vehicle, but made two of the assailants prisoners, who were 
brought to town in the same carriage, and imprisoned in 
the watch-house." — Dub. Chron. 5th July. 

1792. " The effects of prejudice, habit, or a disposition to 
idleness, were never more observable than last Sunday ; 
when, in the midst of the most heavy and constant rain 
that can be remembered, hundreds were seen crowding to 
Dounybrook, not to enjoy an agreeable walk, or fresh air, 
but, strange to tell ! to eat sodden beef, drink bad ale, and 
worse whiskey, in a tent pervious to deluges of rain, and 
swimming in twelve inches water." (Dub. Chron. 1st 
September.) " By the vigilance of the magistrates, all 
the tents at Donnybrook were struck by Sunday last, and 
much disorder, drunkenness, and riot prevented." — lb. 4th 
September. 

1792. " Sunday morning the heavy floods in the river Liffey 
and the Dodder meeting an high tide in the harbour, the 
consequence was, that both rivers rose to an extraordinary 
height. . . . The torrents in both rivers carried down 
w T ith them the vestiges of destruction from the lands 
through which they passed." — Dub. Chron. 4th October. 

1792. " For several Sundays past a numerous and terrible 
mob from Dublin assembled at Irishtown to bait bulls. 
Last Sunday was eight days a quarrel arose, when several 
of them were severely mangled and abused. They had 
also prepared to assemble there last Sunday for the same 
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High Constable with an officer's guard to prevent them ; 
this sent them off to the neighbourhood of Sandymount, 
and afforded an opportunity to the gentlemen of the Sandy- 
mount Association to exert themselves in support of peace 
and good order, had they known their intention of coming 
there." (Dub. Citron. 27th November ) For an account 
of bull-baiting near Dublin, attended with more melancholy 
consequences, see the Gent. Mag. 1790, Part i. p. 77. See 
also the Ulster Journal of Archaeology (Belfast, 1860), 
vol, viii. pp. 152, 236. 

1792. The Rev. Peter Richard Clinch, Parish Priest of 
14 Irishtown and Donny brook," d. 29th December, and was 
buried at St. Matthew's, Kingsend. (See p. 155.) His 
successor was the Rev. Charles Joseph Finn, D.D. 

1793. "A three-gun barbet battery is erected on the new 
Wall near the Light-house, which commands the entrance 
of Poolbeg in such a manner as to secure the shipping 
from the predatory attempts of hostile privateers, who this 
summer might visit Dublin bay." — Dub, Citron, 28th 
May. 

1793. "Yesterday morning at an early hour, a coach in 
which some recruits were conveying to the Pigeon -house, 
in order to be embarked for England, was attacked at 
Ringsend by a desperate banditti, armed with swords and 
pistols, who, after wounding the soldiers that accompanied 
the coach, rescued three of the men from them." — Dub. 
Chron. 28th May. 

1793. " Last Sunday his Most August Majesty, King Ste- 
phen the First, attended by the Lord Primate, Lord High 
Chancellor, and several other noblemen, together with the 
Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Sheriffs, &c., embarked on 
board the grand fleet, lying off Ringsend, and immediately 
weighing anchor, stood out to sea for his Majesty's domi- 
nions, Dalkey Island, where his Majesty was received 
amidst the acclamations of the people, firing of guns," &c. 
Seethe Dub. Chron. 25th June, for further particulars of 
the day's proceedings ; and " Sketches of Ireland Sixty 
Years Ago," pp. 131-150, for some curious notices of " the 
Kingdom of Dalkey and its Officers." The last president 
of this very singular society was a convivial Dublin book- 
seller, named Armitage, who reigned under the above- 
named title of " King Stephen the First." 



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1793. The follownig advertisement appeared in the Dub. 
Chron. 29th June : — " Vauxhall- Gardens, Blackrock, 
[built, and] formerly occupied by Lord Lisle [see p. 81]. 
The proprietors of the above place respectfully inform the 
nobility and gentry residing at, and visiting the Rock, that 
they have engaged a complete Military Band to attend on 
Tuesday next, and every Tuesday and Thursday, from 5 to 
9 o'clock each evening. They humbly solicit public patron- 
age and support, which they will anxiously endeavour to 
deserve. Admittance [on the Music Nights], 6Jd. The 
house is laid out in a style of elegance, as a hotel and 
tavern, and provided with every accommodation equal to 
any house in England or Ireland." In the same news- 
paper, 6th July, it is stated that "Vauxhall- Gardens were 
crowded as usual, on Thursday last, with a most brilliant 
and fashionable assemblage, with increased reputation. . . 
The house is furnished with everything in season ; bowers, 
grottoes, &c, interspersed through the dark shady walks, 
make the gardens truly romantic ; and the effect the 
music has on the sea, which flows at the foot of the gar- 
den, can better be imagined than expressed.'' And in the 
number for 3rd August, it is further stated, that a this 
charming little spot, heretofore better known by the appel- 
lation of Fort Lisle, has at last crowned the fascinating 
vicinity of the Blackrock with a resistless charm, and 
given to that favourite outlet attractions superior to any 
heretofore known in the neighbourhood of the metropolis. 
While its beauties were sequestered under private domi- 
nion, they seemed 

* Born to blush unseen, 
And waste their sweetness in the desert air/ 

But now that they are open to the public, all may partici- 
pate their enjoyment. Vauxhall, in London, could it 
boast situation and prospect equal to Fort Lisle, which 
borrows its name, would be the pride of England, the rival 
of Elysium. To form adequate ideas of Fort Lisle, it must 
be seen ; and those who enjoy this pleasure will admit 
that language is inadequate to a complete description." 
It was for sale in 1804 (Saunders's News- Letter, 29th 
October) ; and for some years past has been a boarding- 
house. 

1793. Judge Hellen (see p. 82) was buried in St. Luke's 
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of the church. ("Picture of Dublin," p. 183, Dub. 1843.) 
His house was on the Donnybrook-road, nearly opposite 
the Toll-house. 

1793. " The battery near the Light-house now consists of 
five battering cannon, 24- pounders : they are planted as 
the radii to the segment of a circle, commanding the en- 
trance of the harbour from the Light-tower to the middle 
of Poolbeg, so as perfectly to secure the shipping from any 
hostile attempt by a ship of force." — Dub. Chron. 10th 
September. 

1793. " Last Friday night the inhabitants of Sandymount 
and its neighbourhood testified their joy for the good news 
received from the Continent by a general illumination, 
&c." — Dub. Chron. 24th September. 

1793. For two odes on Donny brook, which are referred to in 
p. 143, see " Anthologia Hibernica," vol. i. pp. 310, 466, 
published in this year. 

1794. Full particulars of the death of the Hon. Baron 
Power (see p. 82), who "fell a sacrifice to high-spirited 
pride," are given in the Gent. Mag. 1794, Part i. p. 186. 

1794. Archdeacon Hastings (see p. 100) was buried at St. 
Peter's, Dublin, the following inscription being placed on 
his tomb :— " Here is interred the mortal part of the 
Keverend Thomas Hastings, LL.D., Archdeacon of Dublin, 
who died February 19th, 1794, aged 69 years. He was a 
man of inflexible integrity, a faithful and generous Friend, 
an useful and munificent Citizen, a pious and vigilant 
Pastor, and a sincere Christian. To record his exemplary 
virtues and her affection, this monument is erected by his 
affectionate widow, Mary Hastings." 

1794. For particulars of " the melon feast at Bishop's Three- 
Tun-Tavern, Blackrock," 4th September, see Walker's 
Hib. Mag. 1794, Part ii. p. 286. 

1794. Drowned near the first wharf of the South-wall, 10th 
November, Crosbie Morgell, Esq., M.P. for Tralee, and 
father-in-law of Sir Barry Denny, Bart., who had lost his 
life a few days before in a duel. {Gent. Mag. 1794, vol. 
ii. p. 1062.) See Daunt's " Personal Recollections of 
O'Connell," vol. i. p. 171 ; ii. p. 146. 

1794. The Very Rev. John Brocas, A.M., Chaplain of St. Mat- 



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thew's, Ringsend (see p. 80), died at his house near Dun- 
leary, in December. — Walker's Hib. Mag. 1794, Part ii. 
p. 568. 

1795. A memoir of Lord Carleton (see p. 84) is given in 
Walkers Hib. Mag. 1795, p. 556. 

1798. "An unexpected event has taken place in this city 
[Dublin] j namely, a cession, made by the corporation 
for the improvement of Dublin harbour, of their property 
in the Pigeon-house dock, and the newly constructed 
hotel, to Government, for the purpose of a place of arms 
and military post, if not for ever, at least during the present 
war. The part allotted for this place of arms is, we hear, 
to be insulated by strong redoubts, mounted with cannon." 
{Gent. Mag. 1798, Part i. p. 435.) See p. 56. 

1798. The French officers and 845 men, who had been 
taken prisoners by General Lord Lake, were put on board 
ship at the Pigeon-house, 17th September, and conveyed 
to England. " The novelty of such a spectacle, as may 
easily be conceived, attracted immense crowds of spectators, 
who witnessed, we are confident, the final exit of French 
invasion from this country." — Gent. Mag. 1798, Part ii. 
p. 803. 

1798. Full particulars of the melancholy death of Alderman 
Truelock at his residence, Simmonscourt Castle, near 
Ballsbridge (see p. 85), may be found in the Gent. Mag. 
1798, Part ii. p. 994. The" house was for sale in 1799, 
and is described in Faulkner's Dub. Journal, 16th March. 

1799. " So entirely is tranquillity restored, especially in the 
neighbourhood of Dublin, that all the outlets are filled 
with summer lodgers, from the Blackrock and Clontarf to 
Lucan and Leixlip. This is a happy alteration, and, we 
trust, a grateful earnest of continued quiet." — Faulkner's 
Dub. Journal, 13th June. 

1800. A Committee was formed (consisting of the Rev. Gore 
Wood, George Heppenstall and John Quin, Esquires, 
Churchwardens, and six others), and active measures 
taken to relieve " the miserable state of the helpless poor " 

in the parish of Donnybrook Saunders's News-Letter, 

7th January. 

1800. The following is an extract from " a Traveller's De- 
scription of the Bay of Dublin," dated 10th September : — 



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" I cannot but bear testimony to the uncommon beauty of 
the bay of Dublin, which is alone rivalled by that of 
Naples. The vast labour and expense too with which the 
noble pier, that projects upwards of a mile [nearly three 
English miles and an half] into the sea, and divides the 
bay in the middle, must have been constructed, excited my 
warmest applause. At the extremity of this pier stands 
an octagonal light-house, which is probably the most 
elegant in Europe. It is, perhaps, too the most necessary ; 
for the boisterous seas between the Isle of Anglesea and 
Dublin, the extraordinary violence of the currents, and the 
many shallows, rocks, and sand-banks, on the Irish side, 
render the passage extremely dangerous. The numerous 
wrecks which take place every winter, apparent from their 
masts, which are seen every here and there peeping above 
the surface of the water, as it were to warn others by their 
fate, are convincing proofs of the truth of this assertion. 
It is this indeed which is with reason assigned as the cause 
of the very few English gentry who can be persuaded to 
visit Ireland." {Gent. Mag. 1800, Part ii. p. 833.) In 
his " very lively remarks on his journey to Ireland," the 
traveller, while he gives the foregoing praise, does not speak 
in very flattering terms of the appearance and manners of 
the people, he. 

1801. Messrs. Duflys, Byrne, and Hamill (see p. 74) were 
at this date the proprietors of the bleaching and printing 
factory, Donnybrook and Ballsbridge. — Saunders's News- 
Letter^ 6th February. 

1802. For a full description of Frescati, near Blackrock, 
(>ee p. 84), which at this date was to be let with a fine, or 
the interest in a lease of 99 years to be sold, see Saunders's 
News- Letter, 5th July. 

1804. For particulars of the trjal and acquittal of the Earl of 
Eoscommon, for an assault committed near his lordship's 
residence at Booterstown, see Saunders's News-Letter, 14th 
January. 

1804. Married, "Major Mitchell, of the 16th Foot, son of 
H. Henry Mitchell, Esq., of Merrion Castle, near Dublin, 
to the Right Hon. Lady Harriet Somerset, [third] daugh- 
ter of the late [Henry, fifth] Duke of Beaufort.' , (Wett- 
meath Journal, 19th Julv.) She d. his widow, 1st June, 
1855. 



1804. Frescati — "one of the best family mansions in Ire- 
land" — having been in the possession of Sir Henry 
Cavendish, Bart., was for sale on his death in this year, 
with the adjoining grounds. {Hibernian Journal, 25th 
September, and Dublin Evening Post, 11th October.) 
The Right Hon. Sir Henry Cavendish, Bart, M.P., Re- 
ceiver-General of Ireland, m. 5th August, 1757, Sarah, 
only daughter and heiress of Richard Bradshaw, Esq., and 
was the author of " A Statement of the Public Accounts of 
Ireland " (London, 1791). See " Sketches of Irish Political 
Characters," &c, by Henry M'Dougall, (London, 1799), 
p. 208. Lady Cavendish was advanced to the peerage of 
Ireland, 14th June, 1792, by the title of Baroness Water- 
park, of Waterpark, co. Cork, with remainder to her issue 
male by Sir H. Cavendish ; and d. in 1807. 

1804. " The building the Martello Towers for the protection 
of the coast from Bray to Dublin, proceeds with unexam- 
pled despatch ; they are in general about forty feet in dia- 
meter, precisely circular, and built of hewn granite, closely 
jointed. Some are already thirty feet high, and exhibit 
proofs of the most admirable masonry ; one has been just 
begun at Williamstown, near the Blackrock ; those from 
Dalkey to Bray are nearly finished." (Hibernian Tele- 
graph, 28th September, and Drogheda News- Letter of the 
following day.) For some very just observations on these 
towers, see Sir John Carr's " Stranger in Ireland in 1805 " 
(London, 1806), p. 112. 

1805. For a favourable notice of the South-wall and Light- 
house, but a very unfavourable one of Ringsend— " one of 
the most horrible sinks of filth I ever beheld " — see Sir 
John Carr's " Stranger in Ireland in 1805." The same 
writer (who has been severely handled in " My Pocket 
Book ; or, Hints for * a ryghte Merrie and Conceitede ' 
Tour," by Edward Du Bois, the editor of the Monthly 
Mirror) observes, p. 115, that "the Blackrock and its 
neighbourhood are filled with the most elegant country- 
houses, gardens, and plantations, more numerous, and far 
more beautiful and picturesque than the villas of Clapham- 
common, to which it may in some respects be compared, 
and the inhabitants are very elegant and sociable." 

1805. About this date Flaherty's Tavern, at the lower end of 
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and somewhat like the Rose-tavern in Donnybrook. See 
p. 72. 
1806. According to Sleater's " Civil and Ecclesiastical Topo- 
graphy of Ireland " (Dublin, 1806), Donnybrook Castle 
was occupied by the Rev. John Moore ; Annfield, by Dr. 
Perceval ; Merville, by Sir Thomas Lighton, Bart, ; Sans 
Souci, by the Earl of Lanesborough ; Seamount, by Robert 
Alexander, Esq. ; and Mount Merrion, by Lord Viscount 
Fitz william. Robert Herbert (Butler), third Earl of Lanes- 
borough, d. at Sans Souci, 17th April in this year. He 
m. 5th January, 1781, Elizabeth, eldest daughter of the 
Right Hon. David La Touche, and " was a nobleman of 
most amiable manners, but had lived for many years in a 
state of seclusion, owing to grief for the untimely decease 
of his countess in the bloom of youth and beauty." — 
Gent. Mag. 1806, Part i. p. 480. 

1806. " In the evening [Monday, 23rd June] I sailed from 
Holyhead in the Union packet, Captain Skinner; and 
after a rough and tedious passage of twenty-three hours 
landed at the Pigeon-house ; from whence a vehicle, very 
appropriately called The Long Coach (holding sixteen 
inside passengers, and as many outside, with all their lug- 
gage), conveyed us to Dublin, distant about two miles from 
the place of landing. ... A most daring attack was 
made a short time ago [21st May, as mentioned in the 
Gent. Mag. 1806, Part i. p. 575] upon this coach by a 
large gang of robbers, who ordered the passengers [Lord 
Cahir, George La Touche, Esq., and six more] to dismount, 
and plundered them one by one ; the mail carrier was also 
fired at by the same people. When this vehicle is known 
to convey so many of the principal nobility, gentry, and 
merchants from Dublin to the Packet-boat, a regular horse- 
patrole to attend the coach from the office, could be at- 
tended with no inconvenience to Government, and would 
ensure the property of many individuals." (Sir Richard 
Colt Hoare's " Tour in Ireland, A.D. 1806," p. 1, London, 
1807.) In the next page this accomplished tourist thus 
describes " the plucking of the Pigeon-house," to which 
Dr. Milner likewise refers (see p. 87) : — " Passengers are 
allowed to take their parcels, &c, with them ; but carriages 
and trunks are obliged to go to the Custom House, and 
undergo a tedious and imposing search. The proprietor 
must value his carriage as he thinks reasonable : and he is 



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charged on that valuation four and a half per cent ; but 
here the matter does not end ; for besides the duty to 
Government, I paid no less than twelve different officers of 
the customs." 

1807. Mr. Charles Phillips refers in an amusing strain to 
Dr. Duigenan's marriage (see p. 87) in his " Curran and 
his Contemporaries " (Edinburgh, 1851), p. 62; and in the 
" Correspondence of the Right Hon. John Beresford," vol. 
ii. p. 179, a favourable character of Duigenan is given. 

1807. Full particulars of the wreck of the Prince of Wales 
packet and the Rochdale transport (see pp. 52, 88) — " one 
of the most afflicting and tremendous events which this, 
or perhaps any other country, has to record " — are given, 
with "a descriptive plate," in Walkers Hlb. Mag. 1807, 
pp. 642-645. See also Saunders's News-Letter, 21st, 
23rd, and 26th November. 

1808. u Mrs. Doyle, of Ringsend . . . returning home 
at night, fell into that awful and most dangerous chasm, 
the basin, adjoining the temporary bridge near the dock, 
and was drowned. It is not long since the ingenious Mr. 
Graves, the artificial florist, and his amiable and interesting 
wife, were lost in the same place ; and an architect of great 
celebrity." {Gent. Mag. 1808, Part i. p. 272.) See 
also Walkers Bib. Mag. 1807, p. 636. "The Hon. 

Wra. Morres was found drowned in the 

Canal Docks, near Ringsend, on Monday." (Dublin Cor- 
respondent, 23rd February, 1809.) The place is still as 
fatal a trap to many an unwary traveller. 

1810. Died "at the Blackrock-road, near Dublin, Patrick 
Sharkey, Esq., well known as the original proprietor of the 
* Racing Calendar,' and judge of the Curragh." — Gent. 
Mag. 1810, Part ii. p. 291. 

1811. For " A Trip to Donnybrook, with a striking Repre- 
sentation," see Walker's Hib. Mag. August, 1811, p. 393. 

1812. The tolls and customs of Donnybrook Fair were sold in 
this year for £750. See pp. 47, 142. 

1814. The Rev. Matthew West, A.M., who d. in September of 
this year fsee p. 88), sent forth, while " Curate-Assistant of 
St. Mary's, Donnybrook, and Chaplain to the Right Rev. 
Isaac [Mann], Lord Bishop of Cork," a 4 to volume of 
" Poems, &c, on Several Occasions," (pp. 184, Dublin, 



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n. J.). They were written, with few exceptions, before he 
had reached his seventeenth year ; and were published by 
subscription, with a dedication to Lady Arabella Denny. 
" More ambitious," as he writes in his preface, u to pre- 
serve a moral than a poetical character, he will always be 
content to have his readers despise his head, provided they 
esteem his heart." While "Vicar of the Union of Clane," 
he was the author of " Female Heroism, a Tragedy ; 
founded on Revolutionary Events that occurred in Frauce, 
in 1793" (8vo. pp. viii. 56. Dublin, 1803). And his widow 
published by subscription, with a dedication to the [Hon. 
Charles Lindsay, D.D.J Bishop of Kildare, " Sermons on 
Various Subjects, by the late Rev. Matthew West, Rector 
of Carnallaway, and Vicar of Clane, &c, in the Diocese 
of Kildare" (2 vols. 8vo., Dublin, 1819). Some particu- 
lars of his dramatic writings are given in the Dublin Uni- 
versity Magazine, vol. xlvi. p. 141 (1855). 

1820. For a few particulars of the parish of Donnybrook at 
this date, see " Parliamentary Papers on the State of the 
Established Church of Ireland/' (26th May, 1820), p. 158. 

1820. Several particulars of the dramatic writings of Leonard 
MacNally, who e death occurred in this year (see p. 90), 
may be found in the Dublin University Magazine, vol. 
xlvi. pp. 141-143 (1855). ''The Counsellor died in 
Harcourt-street, Dublin, in February [June], 1820, aged 
about seventy- four. He was interred in the churchyard 
at Donnybrook, the old burial-place of his family." (See 
p. 125.) For mention of a good trait in his character, see 
Aotes and Queries, 2nd S. ix. 392. 

1821. For "The Humours of Donnybrook Fair," see Charles 
O'Flaherty's "Trifles in Poetry " (Dublin, 1821), p 107. 
Many of the pieces in this volume had appeared in the 
Dublin Morning Post. 

1822. For two " Sketches of Donnybrook Fair, taken on the 
spot in the autumns of 1822 and 3," by " Rory O'Reilly " 
(Charles O'Flaberty), an admirer of "this annual scene 
of gaiety," see "Retrospection," &c. (Dublin, 1824), pp. 
81-89. The former sketch appeared in the Dublin 
Morning Post in August, 1822, during the Fair week; 
and the latter in the same newspaper during the Fair 
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1823. " The late James Wright, Esq., of ISTewry, has left 
£500 to the poor of that town, and £40 to the poor of 
Donnybrook." — Dublin Warder, 15th February. 

1823. Some particulars of "the venerable Judge Fletcher" 
(see p. 91), who " died at his house in Merrion-square, at 
six o'clock yesterday morning" (Dublin Warder, 7th 
June), are given in Phillips' " Curran and his Contem- 
poraries," p. 427. 

1823. Vergemount Boarding School, Clonskea, was at this 
date under the management of the Rev. C. Crosthwaite. 
. — Dublin Warder, 2nd August. 

1823. Particulars of Donnybrook Fair, as it was in this year, 
are given in the Dublin Warder, 30 th August. 

1823. A plan of " Dublin Bay, Surveyed for the Commis- 
sioners of Irish Fisheries by Alexander Nimmo, C.E.," 
was published in this year. 

1824. Thomas Dawson and Abraham Mason (see p. 136), 
Esquires, Churchwardens of the parish of Donnybrook. 
The extant vestry-book, in which the appointment of the 
Churchwardens is annually recorded, begins with the fol- 
lowing year. See p. 103. 

1824. Castledawson School, Williarastown, was at this date 
under the management of "the Rev. Alexander Leney, 
and his son, William Leney, A.B., late Scholar T.C.D." 
(Dublin Warder, 24th April) ; and Donnybrook School 
under that of the Rev. Prince Crawford, one of the curates 
of the parish. — lb. 24th July. 

1824. Died " at his house, Serpentine-avenue, on Friday, 
the 7th inst., John Burke Fitzsimmons, Esq., for many 
years a magistrate of the county of Dublin. ... He 
subsequently [to the year 1798] raised a corps of yeo- 
manry at Sanclymount, which he continued to command 
down to the period of its being disembodied. . . . For 
many years he was the proprietor and conductor of the 
Hibernian Journal : and since the decease of Mr. Giffard, 
he has been the leader in the Common Council, and the 
most influential man in corporate affairs." (Dublin 
Warder, 15th May.) See p. 156. 

1824. For particulars of the consecration of Booterstown 
Church, see the Dublin Warder, 22nd May. 



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1824. The opening of the Dublin and Kingstown railway in 
1834 (see p. 95) makes one the less to regret the abandon- 
ment of the following plan : — " Within these few days the 
measurement of the lands, lying between Westland-row, 
Merrion, &c, has been completed, previous to the sinking 
of the New Canal, which will be cut near Westland-row, 
by Haig's Distillery, across Serpentine-avenue, Sandy- 
mount-lane, and thence through the Marsh and the Baths 
to Merrion. The passage along Merrion, Blackrock, &c, 
will be deepened by the erection of a wall, to be built 
along the strand of Merrion, which, passing by Blackrock, 
and [Seapoint] the demesne of the Eev. Sir H [arcourt] 
Lees, Bart., will be continued outside the old, and terminate 
near the new Kingstown, where a proper pier will be con- 
structed for the landing of passengers by the new Kingstown 
and Dublin boats, which, it is supposed, will be propelled 
by steam ; thus rendering the passage exceedingly expedi- 
tious. It will be a delightful one, and freed from the 
inconvenience of a dusty road, and will command a perfect 
view of the beautiful scenery around the bay of Dublin." 
— Dublin Warder, 5th June. 

1824. On Sunday evening, 4th July, the Rev. Hugh 
M'Neile preached in St. Anne's Church, Dublin, in aid of 
the collection made in Irishtown Church, for the erection of 
a school-house for the male and female poor of that 
village, Ringsend, Sandymount, &c. (See p. 93.) " Mr. 
M'ISIeile, being made acquainted with the great poverty of 
the above-mentioned district, its crowded population, the 
gross ignorance and consequent vice and disorder of so 
many unemployed and untaught children, and the utter 
impossibility, for want of a school- house, of giving them 
any effectual instruction in morality or religion, kindly 
consented to advocate the cause of the poor in that neigh- 
bourhood, which, from its uncivilized state, and its vicinity 
to the metropolis, is so generally felt to reflect discredit on 
the inhabitants of Dublin." (Dublin Warder, 3rd July.) 
" That district,'' as the editor observes in the same num- 
ber, " has long, too long, remained in obscurity, profligacy, 
and misery, though, not unfrequently, it is the first Irish 
village an Englishman passes through ; and what an hum- 
bling picture of our country does it exhibit? — close to our 
metropolis — the portion of its archdeaconry — the very gate, 
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species ; but an opportunity has now offered of redeeming 
our national character." 

1824. Particulars of the alleged right to hold Donnybrook 
Fair for fifteen days, including Sundays, may be found in 
the Dublin Warder, 21st August. See p. 145 

1825. Samuel John Pittar, Esq., of Southhill, Merrion- 
avenue, and William Palmer, Esq., of Harcourt-street, 
Dublin (the latter on the part of the Incumbent of Monks- 
town, seep. 28), were appointed Commissioners for the Tithe 
Composition of the parish of Booterstown, and the tithes 
compounded, as recorded in the vestry- book, for £70 8s. 6d. 
per annum, for the term of twenty -one years. The tithes 
of the parish of Donnybrook were compounded for £166 3s. 
The tithe-rent charge of the former parish now amounts to 
£48 15s. Id. ; and of the latter, to £124 lis. 8d. 

1825. For particulars of the " Coldblow-lane voters," see 
Abbott's " Questions on the Elections for the City of Dub- 
lin in 1831," pp. 42-48; or Hudson's "Treatise on the 
Elective Franchise," &c, p. 98. The leases of the plot 
of ground, called Lawlor's Garden, in Coldblow-lane (now 
Belmont-avenue), Donnybrook, had been made in 1825. 

1826. Of the money bequeathed for charitable purposes by 
the Rev. John Barrett, D.D., S.F.T.C.D., the Hospital for 
Incurables, Donnybrook, received the sum of £3,204. 

1827. George Augustus (Herbert), eleventh Earl of Pem- 
broke, and eighth. Earl of Montgomery, K.G. (who in 
1816 had s. Richard, seventh Viscount Fitzwilliam., of 
Merrion, in his large estates, see p. 89), b. 11th Septem- 
ber, 1759 ; m. first, in 1787, Elizabeth, second daughter 
of Topham Beauclerk, Esq., and granddaughter, mater- 
nally, of Charles (Churchill), third Duke of Marlborough, 
by whom (d. in 1793) he had issue, Robert Henry, present 
Earl, b. 19th September, 1791 ; and Diana, m. in 1816, 
Welbore (Ellis Agar), second Earl of Norman ton, and d. 
2nd December, 1841. Lord Pembroke m. secondly, 25th 
January, 1808, Catherine, only daughter of Simon, Count 
Woronzow, a Russian nobleman, and by her (d. 27th 
March, 1856) had issue, the present Right Hon. Sidney 

" Herbert, M.P., b. 16th September, 1810 ; and five daugh- 
ters. He d. 26th October, 1827, and was s. by his elder 
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younger son, Sidney (heir-presumptive to his brother), in 
the Fitzwilliam property, pursuant to the will of Lord 
Fitzwilliam. 

1827. Mr. Finlay, in his book, entitled "The Office and 
Duty of Churchwarden and Parish Officer in Ireland" 
(Dublin, 1827), p. 134, mentions the parish of Donny- 
brook as having no houses valued for minister's money, 
aud consequently free of grand-jury cess. 

1828. Over the grave of the Rev. Robert Ball (see p. 83) 
in the churchyard of Stillorgan, near Dublin, is a stone 
with the following inscription : — " Sacred to the memory 
of the Rev. Robert Ball, late Yicar of Drumkolm, in the 
diocese of Raphoe [from the year 1817], and Chaplain of 
St. Matthew's, Ringsend [having been appointed 1st 
January, 1795], who died near Stillorgan on the 12th of 
May, 1828, in the 56th year of his age." He m. Cathe- 
rine (d. 26th January, 1860), eldest daughter of the Rev. 
St. John Blacker, LL.D., Prebendary of Inver, in the dio- 
cese of Raphoe, and widow of the Rev. Charles Barker, 
Canon of Wells, but left no issue. 

1828. " A sum of £1,500 was drawn from the [Dublin] 
Savings' Bank during the week of the ' Brook.' " (Dublin 
Evening Post, 25th September.) See p. 47. 

1829. In this year was published in London by the Ad- 
miralty a " Survey of Dublin Bay and the Adjacent Banks, 
bv VVm. Mudge, Esq., Conirn 1 ' R.N., and Lieut. G. A. 
Frazer, R.N. 1828." 

1830. The Right Hon. John Doherty, Lord Chief Justice of 
the Court of Common Pleas, occupied Seamount (now St. 
Helen's), Booterstown, at this date. It came to him from 
his relative, Mrs. Wall, who had purchased it from the 
representatives of Robert Alexander, Esq. (see p. 8) ; and 
he expended a large amount in building and other improve- 
ments. From him it passed to Colonel Henry White, 
M.P., who sold it, in 1851, to the present noble proprietor, 
General Lord Viscount Gough, G.C.B., of whom a bio- 
graphical sketch is given in the " Remains of the Rev. 
Samuel O'Sullivan, D.D." (Dublin, 1853), vol. ii. pp. 
223-258, reprinted from the Dublin University Magazine. 

1830. The following extract from a printed statement issued 
in the latter part of this year, shows that the state of the 

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poor in the parish of Booterstown was then very different 
from what it is at present : — " The number of poor in this 
parish amounts to upwards of 700 ; and owing to the con- 
tiguity, filth, and wretchedness of their numerous and 
crowded cabins, particularly in the lanes at Booterstown, 
Williamstown, Merrion- avenue [see p. 26], &c, fever and 
other contagious diseases would readily spread. The poor 
here are all of the labouring class ; during summer and part 
of autumn many derive some support from attending bathers, 
but in winter few have any employment. As the Medical 
Visitor recommends nutriment to prevent the increase of 
sickness, and to support those who return from hospital to 
their wretched dwellings, weak and unable to make exer- 
tions, a soup-kitchen for this purpose has been established 
— a plan recommended in Dublin by the Board of Health." 

1831. T. O'Mara, Esq., " a well-known solicitor, whose 
warlike habits caused his services to be much sought for at 
contested elections," resided at Lisaniskea, near Blackrock, 
at this date. See " Personal Recollections of the Life and 
Times of Valentine [second] Lord Cloncurry" (Dublin, 
1849), pp. 424-429, where some letters from Mr. O'Mara 
to Lord Cloncurry are given, one of which concludes with 
these words, u Let what will come, my highly- valued 
countryman, while I can draw a sword or a trigger, you 
will find me your attached friend, T. O'Mara." He had 
occupied, and improved, Williamstown Castle ; but Lisa- 
niskea (subsequently the residence of Lord William Fitz- 
gerald) was where he lived for some years preceding his 
death. 

1831. " The grand jury of the city of Dublin have presented 
£5,603 3s. Id. for erecting a new bridge at Donnybrook 
(see p. 93), which sum is to be levied by instalments on 
the citizens." — Dublin Evening Post, 18th June. 

1832. A woodcut of St. Mary's Church, Donnybrook (or 
Simmonscourt Church), is given in the Dublin Penny 
Journal, vol. i. p. 212, published in this year. 

1833. Died at his residence, Merrion Castle, 4th July, aged 
75, the Rev. John (Pomeroy), fourth Viscount Harberton, 
Vicar of St. Anne's, Dublin, leaving the present Viscount 
and other issue. He had 6*. his brother Arthur James, 

27th September,1832. 

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moreland-street, Dublin, close to the Bank of Ireland, by 
Mr. John Mason, 29th July. (Freeman's Journal, 30th 
July and 1st August.) Mr. Sneyd, M.P. for the county 
of Cavan, and universally respected, m. in 1806, Anne, 
daughter of Thomas Burgh, Esq., Commissioner of Re- 
venue, and sister to the present Lord Dowries ; was for 
some years one of the leading parishioners of Booterstown ; 
and occupied Chesterfield, Cross- avenue, to the day of his 
death. (See p. 123.) He was buried at St. Mary's, Dub- 
lin ; and a handsome monument has been erected in Christ 
Church Cathedral by public subscription, inscribed as fol- 
lows : — " Sacred to the memory of Nathaniel Sneyd, Esq r , 
Custos Rotulorum of the county of Cavan, and Repre- 
sentative in Parliament of the same county, during a 
period of 36 years. Died 31st of July, 1833, aged 6Q 
years. [Then comes a lengthened eulogium on his public 
and private character.] Inscrutable are the dispensations 
of Providence. This man, so blameless in all the relations 
of his being, so respected and so beloved, perished by the 
hand of violence ; but it was the indiscriminating violence 
of an unhappy maniac ; while the universal sentiment of 
profound and poignant sorrow, excited by the afflicting 
event amongst all classes of his fellow-citizens, supplied 
the truest and the most expressive tribute to those virtues, 
of which it is the purpose of this memorial to preserve the 
record, and to perpetuate the remembrance." 

1833. By 3 and 4 Win. IV. c. 26 ("Local and Personal 
Statutes ") further power was granted " to lease certain 
parts of the devised estates of the Right Hon. Richard, late 
Viscount Fitzwilliam, deceased, situate in the city of Dub- 
lin and the neighbourhood thereof." A similar Act was 
passed in 1842, as stated in p. 96. 

1835. In the " Memorandum of Objects of Geological Inte- 
rest in the Vicinity of Dublin " (published in this year), 
p. 17, it is stated that "in the quarries at Donnybrook 
there are numerous strata of calp, passing into the ordinary 
limestone, and containing organic remains " ; and in the 
next page, that " on the coast near the railway [at Black- 
rock] there are a series of rocks which are best observed at 
low water. The granite may be seen within a few feet of 
the limestone, but the actual contact of the two rocks 
cannot be observed. The lime-stone is hard and crystal- 
line, and appears as if it had been shivered into angular 



204 APPENDIX II. 



fragments, which have been subsequently united." The 
"Memorandum" was "drawn up at the desire of the 
Royal Dublin Society, preparatory to the Meeting of the 
British Association [held at Dublin] in August, 1835." 

1837. For some particulars of the parish of Booterstown 
at this date, see the " Fourth Report on Ecclesiastical 
Revenue and Patronage, Ireland" (1837), p. 18; of St. 
Matthew's Chapel, Ringsend, p. 76 ; and of the parish of 
Donny brook, p. 87. 

1838. Confirmations were held in Booterstown Church by the 
Archbishop of the diocese, for these and the adjoining 
parishes, 27th June, 1838; 23rd July, 1840; 1st June, 
1842 ; 12th June, 1844 ; 1st December, 1846 ; and 9th 
August, 1849 ; and in Donny brook Church, 4th December, 
1860. 

1843. The Right Hon. John Radcliff, LL.D. (see p. 38), 
d. at Rosefield, Williamstown, 18th July, though, in 
Saunders's News- Letter, 20th July (copied from the 
Dublin Evening Mail), his death is said to have taken 
place " at his residence in Leeson- street, Dublin." 

1844. The Rev. Hugh White, A.M., of Laurel-hill, Black- 
rock, whose name and writings are well known, d. 15th 
May. For a biographical sketch, see the Christian Ex- 
aminer, July, 1844. 

1844. The Rev. Francis Heaton Thomas, A.M., appointed to 
the chaplaincy of Carysfort Church, Blackrock (which is 
only a few yards beyond the bounds of the parish of 
Booterstown), on the resignation of the Rev. Robert Fe- 
therstone Jessop, A.M., who had been the first resident 
Chaplain. 

1846, The parliamentary grant in this year to the Royal 
Chapel of St. Matthew, Ringsend, amounted to £106 for 
maintaining and repairing the building, and £217 to pay 
the chaplain, clerk, and sexton. 

1846. The Donnybrook Relief Association was formed towards 
the close of this year, and very active measures taken in 
behalf of the destitute poor of the parish. 

1847. " The Fair terminated on Saturday evening. The 
tents were all shut at six, and the operation of unroofing 
commenced shortlv after. Some of the skeletons were 



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standing yesterday, and as usual, a large number of people 
passed through the Green to see the wreck that was left 
behind. The Fair was a spiritless one in every sense of 
the word." — Freeman's Journal, 30th August." 

1848. In Daunt's " Personal Recollections of O'Connell," 
vol. ii. pp. 125-129, published in this year, there is a very 
amusing (true ?) anecdote of the early life of a gentleman, 
who became a well- known and highly respected parishioner 
of Donnybrook. 

1849. The Rev. Charles J. Finn, D.D., who had been ap- 
pointed Parish Priest of Irishtown and Donnybrook in 
1792, on the death of the Rev. Peter Richard Clinch, d. 
in this year at his house in Irishtown. His successor is 
the Rev. Andrew O'Connell, D.D., sometime Parish Priest 
of St. Michael and St. John's, Dublin. 

1849. " The early part of 1849 was not remarkable for the 
prevalence of any peculiar epidemic, and the health of the 
district generally was better than it had been for some time 
before. As the summer advanced, however, cases of diar- 
rhoea and dysentery became more frequent, and it was soon 
manifest that they were only the forerunners of that awful 
scourge with which it pleased Providence to afflict this 
parish, as well as the country at large. In the early part 
of June the first case of malignant and fatal cholera was 
reported in Sandymount. For some time no other case 
occurred in that village, but the disease spread to Ringsend 
and Irishtown, and soon after appeared in Ballsbridge and 
Donnybrook. At a later period it returned to Sandymount 
and Merrion. The latter villages were very slightly 
affected ; and we all have reason to be most thankful to 
the Almighty for His great mercy showed to us, since in 
no part of our district did this disease assume that very 
malignant character which marked its progress so fearfully 
in many other towns and villages in the neighbourhood of 
Dublin and throughout Ireland. For nearly five months, 
during the prevalence of this disease, the Dispensary re- 
mained open all night, as well as during the day." (From 
the Report of the Donnybrook Parochial Dispensary, for 
year ending 31st December.) According to the "return 
of the diseases treated during the same period at the Don- 
nybrook [situate at Ballsbridge] and Irishtown Dispen- 
saries " (the latter being auxiliary to the former, and both 



206 APPENDIX II. 



of them for many years under the able and indefatigable 
superintendence of Edw. J. Quinan, Esq., M.D., the present 
Medical Offieerof the district), the applications were 6,420 ; 
patients visited, 1,411 ; and visits paid, 3,671. •* During 
the prevalence of cholera it was found impossible to keep 
an accurate account of the first item ; the above therefore 
are only those that were registered, and not the actual 
number. Receipts for the year, as per Treasurer's book : — 
Balance from preceding year, £2 2s. 9d. ; Subscriptions, 
£81 4s. 6d. ; and County-grant, £81 ; total, £165 7s. 3d. 

1850. Died in the Hospital for Incurables, Donnybrook, 20th 
May, Mary Thompson, at a very advanced age. Suffering 
from paralysis, she was admitted by the Governors on 
Tuesday, 17th July, 1798, and enjoyed the benefit and 
comforts of the institution for nearly 52 years ! {Hospital 
Register.) An account of the hospital (thirty years before 
its removal from Townsend-street, Dublin, to Donnybrook) 
is given in the Dublin Magazine, 1762, vol. i. p. 218; 
and in the next volume, pp. 577, 611, 699, an engraving 
of " The Young Woman in the Incurable Hospital," with 
some " authentic letters and papers relative to her piteous 
case." For many years the late Robert Perceval, Esq., 
M.D., of Annneld, Donnybrook (see p. 95), notwithstand- 
ing his great practice, gratuitously devoted a large share of 
his time and attention to the afflicted inmates of this truly 
valuable and interesting hospital (see pp. 12, 43) : under 
his superintendence it was greatly improved in several 
respects (see Whitelaw and Walsh's " History of Dublin," 
vol. ii. p. 730) ; and the vacancy occasioned by his death has 
been ever since steadily and worthily supplied on equally 
liberal terms by Charles P. Croker, Esq., M.D., of Merrion- 
square, Dublin. It may be observed of Dr. Perceval, as 
a good trait in his character, that all the fees he received 
on Sundays (and they were not a few) were strictly set 
apart for charity. 

1850. The parliamentary grant to the Hospital for Incurables, 
Donnybrook, amounted at this date to £500. 

1851. An order of the Privy Council directed that the pa- 
rishes of St. Peter, St. Kevin, and Donnybrook, should be 
in future the corps of the archdeaconry of Dublin, and that 
Taney and Rathfarnham should be severed, and form 



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207 



separate parishes. Iu a MS., from which the following 
particulars are taken, the gross annual income of the 
archdeaconry at this date (before the separation of Taney 
and Rathfarnham) amounted to £3,027 17s. 6d. The 
gross income of the parish of Donnybrook, as set down in 
the same document, was £367 17s. 0}d. ; i.e., minister's 
money, £237 3s. 10^1. ; tithe-rent charge, £124 lis. 8d. ; 
and ground-rents, £6 Is. 6d. 

1851. A marble tablet to the memory of Archdeacon Tor- 
rens, who d. in this year (see p. 97), has been erected in 
Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, with the following in- 
scription : — " Sacred to the memory of the Ven ble John 
Torrens, D.D., Archdeacon of Dublin, and Rector of 
the parishes of St. Peter's and St. Kevin's, in the same 
city. Born on the 18th of August, 1769. For a period 
of 40 years he held the above preferments, and sat in the 
chapter of this Cathedral, and in that of St. Patrick's. 
Able, zealous, and efficient to the last in the discharge of 
the sacred duties which Providence had assigned him in 
the Church, he lived a bright example of the truest Chris- 
tian piety, and in charity to all men, died respected and 
beloved on the 9th of July, 1851, aged 82, and in full as- 
surance of a blessed salvation through Christ." 

1857. The Victoria Bridge, Ringsend-road, was erected, in the 
stead of the old wooden drawbridge. 

1858. Henry Jas. Pelham West, Esq : , of Dublin, purchased 
in the Incumbered (now Landed) Estates' Court, 29th 
June, for £2,030, the houses and premises, Nos. 6, 7, 8, 
and 9, College-street, and 28, 29, and 30, Fleet-street, 
Dublin, held under a lease from the Commissioners of Wide 
Streets to Henry Ward, bearing date the 3rd December, 
1817, for 999 years from 29th September, 1817, and sub- 
ject to the payment of a ground-rent of £80 Irish (equi- 
valent to £73 16s. lid. sterling) to the Incumbent of 
Booterstown for the time being. (See p. 28.) The pre- 
mises are described as " All that lot or piece of ground 
situate on the north side of College- street, and extending 
back to the south side of Fleet-street, containing in breadth 
in front to College-street aforesaid 100 feet, in breadth in 
the rere 80 feet, and in depth from front to rere on the 
west side thereof 79 feet, and on the east side thereof 44 
feet, be the said several admeasurements or any of them 



208 APPENDIX II. 



more or less, bounded on the north by Fleet-street, on the 
south by College- street, on the east by the junctiDn of 
To wnsend- street, Great Brunswick-street, College- street, 
and Fleet-street, and on the west by the holding of Mrs. 
Eleanor Feroni, situate, lying, and being in the city of 
Dublin." 

1858. The Rev. Wm. Pakenham Walsh, A.M., appointed to 
the chaplaincy of Sandford Church (see p. 42), on the 
death of the Ven. Henry Irwin, Archdeacon of Emly. A 
portion of the parish of Donnybrook is included in the dis- 
trict which soon after was assigned to that church. 

1859. In this year an action was brought by the corpora- 
tion of Dublin against the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, 
to recover several years' arrears of a rent of £10 per 
annum, which, as alleged, had been reserved by a fee-farm 
grant of the year 1225, and was due to the Corporation 
as the owners in fee of the manor of Rath, afterwards 
called Bagotrath, upon which very valuable house pro- 
perty is erected, and which extends from the neighbour- 
hood of St. Stephen's-green to the sea at or near Merrion. 
The defendant had been, and was then " perfectly ready 
and willing to pay this £10 a-year, upon simply getting 
the same form of receipt which had been given in 1735 
. . . and 1840 ;' but to this the plaintiffs would not 
agree ; and after two days' hearing of the case, they with- 
drew the record. See a " Special Report of the Trial in 
the Court of Common Pleas, Dublin, on 5th and 7th 
February, 1859, before Chief Justice Monahan and a 
Special Jury,'' edited by Francis Morgan, Esq., Law Agent 
to the Corporation, but not for sale (Dublin, 1859). There 
is an " appendix, containing copies of, and extracts from, 
the several original documents produced and given in evi- 
dence on part of plaintiffs ;" and as many interesting and 
important particulars relative to Bagotrath in former days 
are to be found therein, it is proposed, instead of referring 
briefly to them in this place, to detail them in a Note at 
another time. 

1859. Thomas E. V. Tuthill, Esq., of Rathgar Mansion, near 
Dublin, left by will £300 to the Hospital for Incurables, 
Donnybrook, with legacies to many other charitable insti- 
tutions. — Dublin Gazette, 29th July. 

1859. Thomas Bartlett, Esq., of Sandymount (see p. 157), 



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by will bearing date 2nd July, 1858, amongst other lega- 
cies, " bequeathed to the Chaplain of the Royal Chapel of 
St. Matthew, at Irishtown, £100, to be placed out at 
interest by him, one half of which to be distributed in 
charity by him and his successors for ever, amongst the 
poor of his congregation, and the other half to be paid and 
distributed in like manner in support of the Sunday School 
attached to the said Royal Chapel ; and also bequeathed 
to the Parish Priest of the Roman Catholic Chapel, then 
building at Ringsend, £100, to be placed out at in- 
terest by him, and the produce thereof to be laid out 
annually in the purchase of bread, same to be distributed 
by him and his successors for ever, at Christmas, to and 
amongst the poor of Ringsend aforesaid." His several 
leasehold properties in the parish of Donnybrook are to be 
sold after the death of his widow, and the produce thereof, 
after payment of all costs and charges, to be given to five 
Protestant institutions in Dublin, which he has specified. — 
Dublin Gazette, 4th October. 

1860. James Murphy, Esq., of Mount Merrion, in the parish 
of Booterstown, died in this year, and by will dated 26th 
January, 1858, left £2,000 to the convent of the Immacu- 
late Conception (until lately known as Lakelands), Park- 
avenue, Sandymount, £200 for the Roman Catholic poor 
and schools of Booterstown, and ver} T many large bequests, 
principally to Roman Catholic institutions in Dublin, 
amounting to £45,000. — Dublin Gazette, 27th March. 

1860. The Hospital for Incurables, Donnybrook, " contained 
70 inmates when we inspected it. The entire establish- 
ment was in perfect order, and the comforts of the patients 
evidently well attended to. . . . We think it very 
desirable that the benefits of this excellent institution 
should, as proposed by the Governors, be extended to the 
former number of patients [100], by an increase of the 
[parliamentary] grant to the original sum of £500 [as in 
1850], which would enable them to fill the vacant beds." 
Total income of the hospital from various sources for the 

year ended 31st March, 1859, £2,146 15s. Id "Third 

Annual Report of the Board of Superintendence of Dublin 
Hospitals" (18G0), pp. 9, 30. 

1860. Isaac Matthew D'Olier, of Collegnes, Booterstown, 
and Frederick Archer Barlow, of Willow-terrace, Williams- 



210 APPENDIX II. 



town, Esquires, Churchwardens of the parish of Booters- 
town ; and William Forde, of Vergemount Lodge, Clonskea, 
and Alexander Sanson, of Kirkville, Merrion, Esquires, 
Churchwardens of Donnybrook. 

1860. Castledawson, Williamstown (having been occupied 
for several years, and until recently, by Edward Litton, 
Esq., M.C), became in this year the " French College of 
the Immaculate Heart of Mary for Boarders and Day 
Scholars." 

1860. The Eight Hon. Sidney Herbert purchased, in the 
Landed Estates' Court, almost the whole of the lands of 
Smoth's-court, otherwise Simmon's- court, in the parish of 
Donnybrook (see p. 35), the property of George Hayward 
Lindsay, Esq., D.L. (son of the late Bishop of Kildare and 
Dean of Christ Church), and held under fee-farm grants 
from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for Ireland at an 
annual rent of £697 8s. 5d. Donnybrook Church is on 
the estate, but of course was " not sold or conveyed to the 
purchaser." 

1860. For particulars of a second action brought by the 
corporation of Dublin against the Right Hon. Sidney 
Herbert for arrears of rent, see the Daily Express, 3rd and 
4th July. The case was tried in the Court of Common 
Pleas, and the jury found that the £10 a-year (referred 
to in p. 208) was payable to the Corporation as fee and 
rentcharge on Bagotrath. 

1860. Lieut. -Col. Fen wick, 76th Regiment, having died at 
the Pigeon House, Ringsend, a handsome memorial is to be 
placed in the Garrison Church, Arbour-hill, Dublin, with 
the following inscription : — " Sacred to the memory of 
Lt.-Colonel Collingwood Fenwick, 76th Regt. Born 4th 
April, 1817. Died at the Pigeon House Fort, 4th July, 1860. 
He served 24 years and 10 months in the 76th Regiment, 
in which he was universally beloved. This tablet has been 
erected by his brother officers as a token of their af- 
fection and esteem for a dear friend, and their heartfelt 
sorrow for his loss." 

1860. The Sandymount station, on the Dublin and Kings- 
town railway, was opened, 23rd July. 

1860. Donnybrook Church was re-opened for Divine service 
on Sunday, 28th October. See. p. 119. 



ANNALS. 211 



1860. The Lord Lieutenant having issued his order for " The 
Towns' Improvement (Ireland) Act, 1854"(17&18 Vict, 
c. 103), to be applied to the town of Blackrock, Thomas 
Dixon, Esq., J. P. (Chairman), and fourteen other gentle- 
men, were unanimously elected Commissioners. The fol- 
lowing bounds of the township, which embraces Booters- 
town Church and a considerable portion of the parish, were 
proposed to his Excellency, and received his sanction :— 
4 ' To commence at that part of the strand or sea-shore at 
low tide, which lies immediately opposite the wall or 
western boundary of Willow- terrace, and to proceed 
along said boundary so far as the gate which separates Mr. 
Bewley's land from said terrace, and thence to the left by 
the boundary wall of the several holdings in Williamstown- 
avenue, thence by Mr. Andrews' western boundary wall, 
thence by a hedge (separating Mr. Bewley's two fields) to 
a wall which divides the lands of Castledawson from Mr. 
Bewley's ground, thence by the garden wall of Clareville, 
including the house and offices of same, to the Cross- 
avenue, thence across said avenue by the western boundary 
of the Church grounds to Merrion-avenue, thence across 
said avenue, and to proceed along the lane or passage at 
the rere of Waltham-terrace, and leading into the lands of 
Gracefield, and thence in a straight line (including the 
house and offices of Gracefield) through Mr. Bussell's 
ground to Avoca- avenue, thence to the left as far as St. 
Cloud's, thence to cross said avenue and proceed by Mr. 
Saurin's western wall or boundary to Lands'-end gate, and 
thence to the river, where it enters Mr. Saurin's domain, 
thence continuing by said river to the high-road on New- 
town- avenue, thence by the high road to Seapoint- avenue, 
and proceeding along said avenue to, and including Ar- 
denza- terrace, and thence to the sea, and thence proceed- 
ing along the strand or sea-shore at low-water mark to the 
point where the boundary line begins on the strand oppo- 
site Willow- terrace." Wednesday, 7th November, was 
appointed for the commencement of the operation of the 
Act in this place. 



" Let not love nor grief believe 
That we assent— who neither loved nor grieve — 
To all that praise, which on the tomb is read, 
To all, that passion dictates for the dead ; 
But more indignant we the tomb deride, 
Whose bold inscription flattery sells to pride." 

— Crab be. 



ON 

" BRIEF SKETCHES OF THE PARISHES OF 
BOOTERSTOWN & DONNYBROOK,"* 

ETC. 



[The following extracts from a large number of literary no- 
tices, which have appeared from time to time in different parts 
of the kingdom, faithfully represent the sentiments of the re- 
spective writers. Extracts are indeed open to objection ; 
but to give the notices in extenso would fill a good-sized 
volume. Other notices appeared {e.g. in the Carlow Post, 
31st August, 1861), which, not having been received, cannot 
be inserted. More than enough, however, will be found to 
prove the interest felt in a work of the kind by many intelli- 
gent readers, and the strongly expressed desire to have similar 
publications for other localities.] 



PART I. 



u A carefully compiled volume, relating briefly the annalg of the 
Fair-renowned Donnybrook." — Notes and Queries, 28th January, 
1860. 

11 Mr. Blacker, who is well known to our readers, as he has often 
been good enough to contribute to our pages, has collected in this lit- 
tle volume a great deal of interesting topographical and antiquarian 
information." — Church of England Magazine, 29th February, i860. 

•* We opened the book now before us without having the remotest 
idea that it could possess any matter of even trifling interest ; but in 
this we were mistaken, for we find that Booterstown and Donnybrook 

* Dublin: George Herbert, 117, Grafton- street. London: Bell and 
Daldy, 186, Fleet-street. Farts I. and II. together, in neat cloth bind- 
ing, 3s. 6d. 



OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. 



are really places possessing a considerable amount of historical and 
local interest." — Literary Gazette, 3rd March, 1860. 

M This little volume is very creditable to its author. . . . The 
information is given in a concise, unpretending form, without any 
verbiage or make-weight. The addition of the annals, or chronological 
table of events, known in connexion with these parishes, greatly in- 
creases the value of the volume, and is an excellent example for other 
parochial historians. Such a table enables the student of history at 
once to pick out any facts of importance to him." — Gentleman's Maga- 
xine, April, 18b0. 

" The histories of the principal churches in the localities, and bio- 
graphies of the clergymen who have been, from time to time, connected 
with them, will be read with interest by the members of their respec- 
tive congregations. The volume displays much research, and abounds 
with novel and very curious facts. The notes will please the antiqua- 
rian, and delight that epicure of intelligence, ' the oldest inhabitant,' 
by the quaintness of some of the paragraphs, and the curious memo- 
rabilia to be found in the appendix." — Saunders's News- Letter, 
18th January, 18 SO. 

" They display considerable research, and a clear and entertaining 
style, and prove that the writer is capable of more important efforts." 
— Warder, 21st January, 1860. 

" Contains a great amount of information of a local nature within a 
email compass, and to those especially who reside in the districts de- 
scribed, will be most acceptable. The frontispiece is a well-executed 
representation of liooterstown Church." — Christian Examiner, Fe- 
bruary, 1860. 

"The work displays considerable research; and in the numerous 
notes will be found some curious and interesting matter, chronological, 
historical, and biographical." — Daily Express, 2nd February, 1860. 

" The sketches are very descriptive, and compress a large amount of 
historic matter into a small compass. The notes are instructive, and 
introduce many of the great lights of our Church. The annals are 
carefully compiled, and lead us over a long space of time. In short, 
the volume is one of the most instructive we have 6een for a long 
time ; and we recommend it con amore." — Armagh Guardian, 7th 
February, 1860. 

" This neat duodecimo will be found acceptable to the ecclesiologist 
and antiquarian, and indeed to all who may be connected by residence 
or otherwise with the parishes mentioned in the title. Many a note- 
worthy fact has been lost to the world for want of the recording pen of 
the chronicler or historian, — car ent quia vute sacro ; but Mr. Blacker 
has rescued the memorabilia of these parishes from oblivion, as far as in 
him lies, and with praiseworthy diligence has compiled an interesting 
volume. It were much to be desired that he would extend his re- 
searches to the more ancient and remarkable city churches, not, how- 
ever, suppressing his authorities and sources of information, .... 
but verifying, as in the present volume, every statement by distinct re- 
ferences. The venerable churches of St. Audoen's and St. Michan's, 
Dublin, would themselves supply materials for a volume, which would 
be acceptable in a patriotic as well as in an ecclesiastical point of view. 
Mason's History of St. Patrick's Cathedral shews what an earnest 
scholar can do in this line of writing. Let us, then, look forward to 



" BPvIEF SKETCHES." 



having sketches of some of the more ancient city churches from Mr. 
Blocker's pen." — Irish Ecclesiastical Gazette, February, 1860. 

*' In the Ordnance Survey Memoir of the parish of Templemore, 
county Derry, the natural history of the district is illustrated as fully 
as the topography and archaeology. If we may judge from that speci- 
men of the projected memoir which was to accompany the Ordnance 
Survey, and tor which ample materials were collected under the ablest 
guidance, our literature has sustained an irreparable loss by the aban- 
donment of that great national undertaking. ' Brief Sketches,' such as 
those by Mr. Blacker, are a very inadequate substitute for the complete 
parochial histories which would have been supplied in the Ordnauce 
Memoir, yet we should be glad to have them for every parish in the 
island, if they were but to serve as incentives to the researches of those 
who may hereafter engage in the compilation of Irish local histories. 
This elegantly printed little volume is at least evidence that its author 
has been better employed than many. . . . He has not indulged in 
vivid descriptions of the fun and frolic of Donnybrook Fair, but, with 
other rightly disposed persons, regards it as having been rather a scene 
of riotous drunkenness and dissipation. . . . Should his work reach 
another edition, we trust that Mr. Blacker will take the opportunity of 
rendering it more complete. . . . His industry and extensive ac- 
quaintance with authentic sources of information qualify him to pro- 
duce a work that would be a really valuable addition to our topographi- 
cal literature." — Freeman's Journal, and Evening Freeman, 21st 
February, 1860. 

** It presents the reader with short sketches of the four churches in 
the parishes of Booterstown and Donnybrook, in the immediate neigh- 
bourhood of Dublin. The architecture of the several churches is de- 
scribed, and a number of interesting historical, antiquarian, and other 
memoranda are supplied respecting the two parishes, which are enlarged 
in the appendix. Records of a similar kind, of the different parishes 
in Ireland, would constitute a valuable and important national work, 
and materials for such might be collected without much trouble by the 
respective incumbents." — Londonderry Guardian, 28th February, 
1861. 

** We are grateful to the writer for having given us glimpses of the 
past which are both suggestive and curious. Thousands who walk 
through the now dilapidated village of Ringsend, for instance, know 
not from whence its oddly sounding name originates ; and still fewer 
are aware that it was here Oliver Cromwell landed. ... A great 
number of ' celebrities ' have lived and died within the area which the 
author covers, and a vast deal of interest attaches to their lives and 
doings, about which we should like to learn something more in detail 
than the scope of Mr. Blacker's present work permitted him to give. 
No doubt, to effect all this would entail a considerable amount of 
trouble, but we think that the profit would be commensurate ; and from 
the performance before us, we are satisfied that the task could not be 
committed to any one more competent to do it justice. In the meantime 
we have great reason to be thankful for what we have got, and we 
heartily thank the author for giving us so many interesting particulars 
in so short a space, and in so elegant a form." — Dublin Evening Mail, 
12th March, I860. 

" Is well calculated to repay a perusal to those fond of ecclesiastical 
lore. . , . We heartily wish that others would foUow the author 



iy OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. 



in giving to their parishioners the annals of their parish." — Leinster 
Express, 17th March, 1860. 

44 Would that the incumbents of all the suburban parishes -were 
actuated by the same truly laudable zeal in research after the beauti- 
ful in art, and the venerable in antiquity, as is the author of the 
work before us. Were it so, much that is now veiled to the public 
eye would be brought to light ; our ancient relics would have a hand, 
however feeble, raised to save them from destruction ; the historic 
memories of our suburbs — and which of them has not some of peculiar 
interest? — would become popularly familiarized, not as they are at 
present, clouded in obscurity alone penetrable by the savans ; and 
localities now disregarded, because forsooth they are not embraced in 
the circle of the fashionable lounge, would have their claims for appre- 
ciation fully and fairly set forth. The chronological tables of the events 
known in connection with the parishes treated of iraterially enhance 
the value of this book, and afford an excellent example for parochial 
historians. The animus of the author demands respect, and he has 
ably fulfilled his mission." — Dublin Builder, May, 1860. 

" These sketches are not only brief but interesting, and will be 
read as valuable contributions to local history by every one connected 
with the locality they describe. The substance of them had appeared 
in the Christian Examiner ; but the writer did well to put them into 

a complete and more enduring form The plan of the 

work might, with great advantage, be adopted by the incumbents of 
other parishes. 1 ' — Belfast News- Letter, 13th June, 1860. 

*' It must be borne in mind that Mr. Blacker's book is not devoted 
to the history of an obscure locality ; but that it describes fully and 
eruditely two of the pleasantest, longest known, and most favourite 
points of resort in the vicinity of Dublin. He concludes his very in- 
teresting narrative— sprinkled with many rare transcriptions from 
unpublished sources — with some valuable annals of the parishes of 
Booterstown and Donnybrook, arranged in chronological order, to the 
latest date, from a.m. 2820 s when the great Judaine plague carried off 
in one week nine thousand persons on the plain of Moynealta, includ- 
ing the Blackrock-strand." — Weekly Agricultural Review, 6th July, 
1860. 

" This is a much more interesting volume than any would be led to 
suspect from its unpretending title. The idea of the work is a happy 
one, and the plan original, and has that true test of originality- -viz., 
it is so obvious, that when made known, one only wonders it had not 
occurred to his own mind. It is simply a record of the principal 
events and characters connected with Mr. Blacker's own locality. 
This, at first, might be thought rather a barren and unpromising sub- 
ject to write a book upon ; but the execution evinces the powerful 
interest which always attaches to a detail of the facts and incidents of 
real life, and how a statement of actual occurrences may exceed in in- 
terest the most lively work of fiction or romance. No one would ima- 
gine that a comparatively obscure locality could have such historical 
recollections associated with it. The interest felt in the perusal of the 
work is not restricted to Ireland. The book possesses much to interest 
the English mind ; and we should be delighted to see it in the hands 
of, and read by, our English neighbours. Ireland is too often, alas I 
connected in their minds with scenes of turbulence and misrule. We 
should like to bring our English friends acquainted with scenes and 



" BRIEF SKETCHES." 



events of a widely different character — with scenes of domestic peace 
and happiness — with proof's of Ireland's worth — with specimens of her 
fine characters, and of her noble and generous deeds — with what, in 
6hort, will win for her the admiration and regard of England. What- 
ever tends to cement a good and friendly feeling between the two coun- 
tries, should be hailed as one of the greatest blessings which the true 
patriot could desire. We admire thi6 work of Mr. Blacker for this 
reason, amongst others, because we think its tendency is decidedly to 
produce and foster a good and friendly feeling between England and 
Ireland," — Christian Examiner [second notice], August, 1860, 



PART II 



" In noticing the first part of the work, we remarked that we opened 
it without an idea that it would interest us, and that we came to a 
different conclusion before we had done. Of course, we entered upon a 
perusal of the second part with a different expectation, and were not 
disappointed. The author has added greatly to his store of information, 
and has introduced it in so popular a form, that we do not hesitate to 
recommend his cheap and modest volume to Irish tourists, in the com- 
ing summer, as a useful topographical guide. They will find in it 
many things embalmed in a succinct form, which even the oldest in- 
habitant would make a bungle of, and many traits, habits, and inci- 
dents preserved, which will form a strong and strange contrast to those 

which they meet with in the present day On the whole, 

Mr. Blacker deserves great praise, both for the value of his materials 
and the clearness of his style. His book is an evidence of the truth of 
Wharton's dictum, that if clergymen would take the trouble to collect 
the topographical liittory of the parishes they are connected with, a 
great assistance would be given to antiquaries, and a vast deal of im- 
portant material would be always ready to the hand of the general his- 
torian, the want of which he must deeply feel." —Literary Gazette, 
2nd March, 1861. 

" We noticed the first part of this little work when it appeared some 
time ago. In both parts there is a great deal of very curious informa- 
tion. Our readers will recollect that we have often been indebted to 
Mr. Blacker for his valuable contributions to these pages." — Church of 
England Magazine, 30th April, 1861. 

44 A painstaking collection of facts, historical and biographical, re- 
specting the writer's parish [and that of Donnybrook] ; a stone in the 
edifice of the larger county history, a few grains of wheat to be sifted, 
and transformed into bread, by the future historian. It is a kind of 
work which, at his leisure, the parish clergyman, and commonly he 
only, can well do.' 1 — Guardian^ 22nd May, 1861. 

''The work contains some curious and interesting matter, and does 
great credit to the diligence and research of its author." — Spectator, 
15th June, 18 

** This work was highly spoken of by the Chairman and other 



VI OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. 

Members present at the Meeting." — Transactions of the Kilkenny 
Archcpological Society, 3rd April, 1861. 

" The reader [of ' A Stroll over Donnybrook Fair-Green '] is re- 
ferred to 'Brief Sketches of Booterstown and Donnybrook,' by the 
Rev. B. H. Blacker, for nearly every piece of information concerning 
the annals and statistics of Donnybrook, that could be procured, or 
references to the books in which they are preserved. His very valu- 
able little work is full of curious and out of-the-way bits of informa- 
tion connected with the old families of Dublin and its suburbs since the 
days of Meyler Fitzhenry, John's locum tenens." — Dublin University 
Magazine, October, J 861. 

*• Not many months since we brought under the notice of our readers 
Mr. Blacker's ' Brief Sketches of the Parishes of Booterstown and 
Donnybrook ;' and we then expressed our warm approval of his 
volume, being of opinion that it contained within a email compass a 
large amount of useful and interesting information. We are very glad 
indeed to find that the author, whose book has been * much more 
favourably received than he had reason to expect/ has not rested satis- 
fied, as others perhaps would have done, with making merely a single 
effort to rescue the memorabilia of Booterstown and Donnybrook from 
oblivion. He has followed up his researches with diligence and expe- 
dition ; and we now have the pleasure of introducing another equally, 
if not more interesting portion of what is of far too rare occurrence — an 

Irish parochial history In the Notes (which, as in the 

preceding part, furnish no small amount of historical, topographical, 
and biographical matter) we find, in the first instance, a tolerably long 
sketch of the noble family of Fitzwilliam of Merrion, which was for 
centuries so very closely connected with the two parishes described, and 
which is now worthily represented by the Right Hon. Lord Herbert of 
Lea, the proprietor of ' the Fitzwilliam Estate.' Four or five pages are 
filled with particulars (so far as relates to these parishes) of the ' Survey 
of the Half- Barony of Rathdown, in the County of Dublin, [made] by 
order of Charles Fleetwood, Lord Deputy, October 4th, 1654,' which 
will amply repay the reader for his trouble. There is an interesting 
article on the derivation of ' Donnybrook.* by the Rev. Dr. Todd, 
S.F.T.C.D., and President of the Royal Irish Academy. Amongst the 
many additional particulars given relative to Donnybrook Fair — the 
Bartholcmew of Ireland — there is an exact reprint of King John's 
Letter of the year 1204, which is preserved in the Tower of London ; 
Andrew Yarranton's Survey of Ringsend in 1674 is fully noticed ; the 
building of the Royal Chapel of St. Matthew, Ringsend, and ' the estab- 
lishing a minister ' there, have met with due attention; and (not to 
anticipate all the items of intelligence which the reader will discover 
for himself when he consults the volume) we may observe, that, with 
much more to engage our notice, we have carefully-taken copies of in- 
scriptions on the tomb-stones of many persons who were more or less 
distinguished in their day, and who were buried in the churchyard of 
either Donnybrook or Ringsend. The great value of inscriptions on 
tomb-stones, which, as daily experience testifies, are in various ways so 
liable to destruction, can indeed be properly estimated only by those 
who have had occasion, for legal or other necessary purposes, to consult 
them. An important point often turns on an inscription ; and hence, 
if for no other reason, the propriety of preserving such things in print, 
notwithstanding the absurdity of the phraseology in which they are too 
frequently conveyed. In fact, though the general purport of innume- 
rable inscriptions, in churchyards and elsewhere, may well warrant the 



" BRIEF SKETCHES." vil 



old adage, • false as monumental brass,' yet the knowledge of a name or 
a date, not otherwise attainable, is in very many cases by no means to 
be despised With the Annals, which comprise in chrono- 
logical order a large stock of * disjecta membra variorum,' we are well 
pleased If space permitted, we might with no little advan- 
tage make many further extracts, ecclesiastical and civil ; but we have 
given enough, we think, to prove our estimate of Mr. Blacker's latest 
publication, which is, moreover, a very creditable specimen of Dublin 
typography. Those who are willing to search it for themselves (and 
we recommend our readers to do so \ will find much to instruct and 
amuse them ; and while we thank the author for what he has written, 
we hope he will steadily pursue what has been so well begun, and glean 
many more particulars from the generally neglected records of the past. 
The object of the book is well defined in four quaint lines by Thomas 
Churchyard, which he has adopted as his motto ; — 

* All only for to publish plaine, 
Tyme past, tyme present both ; 
That tyme to come, may well retaine, 
Of each good tyme the troth ;' 

and right well has he so far fulfilled his undertaking. There is one 
other point which we cannot omit to notice; and we think it better to 
make use of the author's words than to give our own : — ' The Editor of 
Notes and Queries, 2nd S. ix. 316, has well observed of Sir James Emer- 
son Tennent's work on Ceylon, that the author is scrupulously careful 
in giving his authorities. This is a most important feature in a book, 
not always attended to ; and the writer of these pages has endeavoured, 
in an humble way, to merit the same commendation. 1 " — Christian 
Examiner, March, 1861. 

" When the first part reached us, we were justified and pleased in 
according to it a favourable notice. The sequel now before us is 
equally entitled to commendation, and the 4 painstaking compiler,' 
as the author modestly terms himself, will doubtless reap both the 
honourable and the substantial benefit so justly due to his devotion 
to ecclesiological and archaeological research. A lithographed copy of 
Yarrantou's Survey of Ringsend in 1674 is appended, and is charac- 
teristic of the eminence (?) atained in engineering draughtsmanship 
at that early period." — Dublin Builder, 1st March, 1861. 

** An Irish aspirant to literary notice, little known in his own day, 
and entirely unknown in ours, perpetrated a work, gave it for title 
•Fictions of our Forefathers,' and ventured to send a presentation-copy 
to a gentleman who had wrought earnestly and efficiently in the mine 
of national literature. He thanked the humble donor, but said he re- 
garded the notion of our having forefathers at all as a pure fiction. 
4 Had there ever been any,' said he, ' we, their grandsons, would take 
more interest in their sayings and doings.' Assuming this opinion to 
come pretty near the truth, we give our author a larger portion of our 
esteem and gratitude for having devoted so much of his time to pre- 
serve the memory of the passed-away personages and transactions of 
the localities with which he is connected. Books on local subjects are 
seldom valued as they deserve till long after the pen has dropped from 
the author's hand ; and at any time they are appreciated only by a 
comparatively small section of readers. Let, then, this select body 
suppose themselves eitting on the Dodder bank, A.r>. 2000, in the full 
possession of human faculties, and with a tall copy of the present volume 
in their hands. Let them only realise this position, and we give them 



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full permission to think of the book and its compiler even as they will. 
. . . . We conclude by exhorting both clergymen and others, with 
means and opportunity, to imitate the Incumbent of Booterstown in his 
labours, and in the tone of his production, in which there is not a 
single sentence to offend a reader, no matter what may be his predilec- 
tions."— Warder, 9th March, 1861. 

" If it be true that no man is a prophet in his own country, equally 
true is it that those who are resident on a particular spot of earth are 
very often those most ignorant of the topographical details connected 
with it — at least, until they chance to meet with one, who, like the 
author before us, undertakes to enlighten them, with infinite pains and 
labour to himself. .... On reading his work, we regretted 
that so painstaking and trustworthy a student had not extended his 
researches, and travelled on through Blackrock, Dunleary (now Kings- 
town), Bullock, Dalkey, and so on, to Bray. What a world of anti- 
quarian gossip would be found by the traveller over that untrodden 
ground! .... Our want of information on these and many 
other points makes us regret that Mr. Blacker has not taken them in 
hand, as from what he has done for Booterstown and Donny brook, it 
is certain that topography would have an additional right to be grateful 
to him, if he had. In truth, he has exhausted, or nearly so, these 
parishes of topographical material ; and this being the case, we would 
suggest to him that there is an inviting field in his immediate neigh- 
bourhood for extending his research." — Weekly Agricultural Review^ 
9th March, 1861. 

" The work which Mr. Blacker has so well performed for these 
parishes, we aidently desire to see done by every well-read minister 

throughout the country The present brochure forms the 

second part of the author's work ; it is composed, principally, of notes 
explanatory. These contain a great deal of highly interesting infor- 
mation concerning the state of society and history of Dublin and its 

neighbourhood Our readers will observe that the work is 

one of interest." — Iris hma?i i 9th March, 1861. 

*' When the first part of these sketches appeared, we took the oppor- 
tunity of commending it to our readers, as a very successful attempt to 
rescue from oblivion the memorabilia of the parishes above-named. 
We are now enabled to state that this second part, or appendix, 
strengthens our favourable impression of the work itself ; not merely as 
an account of interesting particulars respecting these parishes as such, 
but as embodying in the notes and annals a fund of * folk-lore,' anec- 
dotes, epitaphs, newspaper-cuttings, &c, which marvellously illustrate 
contemporaneous history, and witness to the ability and research of 
the author. Many a musty as well as costly volume, many a parch- 
ment register, many a public document, have been consulted in pro- 
ducing the valuable results before us ; while every statement is verified 
by citing the authorities. Mr. Blacker has shewn what may be done 
by a clergyman in his short intervals of leisure ; and how much may 
be accomplished by one faithful hand, in supplying trustworthy mate- 
rials for the biographer and historian. We perfectly agree wiih the 
writer in the Gentleman's Magazine (quoted by Mr. Blacker), who 
observes that, ' topography would afford great assistance to our anti- 
quaries, if every clergyman was to adopt Mr. Wharton's advice, and 
write the history of his parish.' " — Irish Ecclesiastical Gazette. March, 
1861. 

*' Contains much antiquarian and historical information, which ought 



" BRIEF SKETCHES." IX 



to be highly prized in the neighbourhood of Dublin. The ' notes ' re- 
fer to various matters of local and family history. The * annals ' are 
brought down to 18G0, from an early period." — Londonderry Sentinel^ 
15th March, 1861. 

" We warmly commended Mr. Blacker's previous attempt to enlighten 
the public regarding the history and antiquities of the district with which 
he is professionally connected, and we suggested that other parochial 
clergymen might imitate his example with advantage to the community, 
and thus preserve many a valuable relic of family or local history from 
being lost to posterity. In the little volume before us Mr. Blacker has 
added greatly to the amount of information previously published re- 
specting the parishes of Booterstown and Donnybrook, prosecuting his 
researches among the tombs, and, like another ' Old Mortality,' restoring 
what the corroding tooth of time would speedily efface. He has like- 
wise carried on his investigations among parish registers, ancient sur- 
veys, and other documents not generally accessible, and educed therefrom 
a variety of genealogical and antiquarian intelligence of a useful and 
instructive kind." — Londonderry Guardian, 19th March, 18G1. 

11 The biographical notes are very interesting, and give us in a concise 
form records of several distinguished families, compiled from authentic 
sources, and bearing the impress of careful and extensive research. The 
annals contain a large amount of valuable information, showing the 
progress of the district to which they refer. We wish that every clergy- 
man would imitate Mr. Blacker's example, as the parochial statistics 
of Ireland are calculated to throw much light on the general history of 
our country. The book is neatly printed." — Armagh Guardian, 22nd 
March, 1861. 

«' Mr. Blacker has set a noble example to other parochial clergymen, 
in having rescued from oblivion so many interesting and valuable de- 
tails connected with the past history of the district." — Western Star t 
30th March, 1861. 

•• The second part of this work has just appeared, and if possible, is 
more interesting than the first. It will well repay a perusal, not only 
to those connected with the locality, but to all who are fond of anti- 
quarian lore." — Leinster Express, 30th March, 1861. 

" We agree with Lord Hailes and others, that topography would afford 
great assistance both to historians and antiquaries, if every clergyman 
adopted Mr. Wharton's advice, and wrote the historv of his parish. It 
is not always, however, that clergymen can make time, or have the in- 
clination, to undertake the series of toilsome investigations, which are 
not the less troublesome and difficult because they are ' a labour of love ;' 
and just in proportion to the rarity of such efforts are we inclined to 
notice and commend Mr. Blacker's painstaking and clever attempt, in 
the hope that others may follow his praiseworthy example. Having 
succeeded in popularising his subject, he has published a second part, 
and has embodied in it a large mass of additional facts, which greatly 
add to the interest as well as the utility of his book." — Irish Times % 
1st April, 1861. 

"The author of this small but valuable volume has enjoyed great ad- 
vantages as a topographical inquirer, and has employed them well. 
Formerly he was connected professionally with one of the parishes of 
which he treats, and he now is Incumbent of the other. . . . The 
principal matters of interest are in the notes at the end of the volume ; 
these are very valuable, inasmuch as the writer deals not only with 



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subjects of general and historical importance, but condescends to minute 
details which have a special interest for those conversant with the lo- 
cality, or who desire to become so. . . . Mr. Blacker's account of 
the customs and habits of the citizens of Dublin and its neighbourhood 
are racy and characteristic. . . . The volume, from what we have 
said, may be regarded as one full of research and singul ir details, and 
capable, in the perusal, of combining pleasure with profit. We may 
add that it has been brought out in very good style." — Saunders's 
News- Letter, 2nd April, 1861. 

" Shows what may be done by steadily pursuing a subject. We have 
no doubt that Mr. Blacker expected, at first, that the whole result of his 
labours would have been contained within the limits of a small pamph- 
let ; they have already produced more than two hundred pages, which 
could have been readily expanded into six hundred, had the author 
any wish to swell the volume. These consist of a mass of information 
in the shape of extracts from annals, deeds, family papers, and records, 
among which there is much to interest all readers, and yet more which 
will prove of value to the antiquarian and the student of history. The 
neighbourhood of Dublin must always have been of importance, and no 
little assistance is afforded to the historian by investigations such as 
these. We should like to see as much done for every parish around 
the metropolis." — Kilkenny Moderator, 3rd April, 1861. 

" The interest of this work is of course chiefly local, but the narrative 
refers to many historic names of Ireland, and contains many particulars 
of a history which, if not illustrious, has had its own share of notoriety, 
we mean that of Donny brook. The book appears to be characterised 
by a vast amount of patient research, and much of archaeological learn- 
ing."— Cork Examiner, 5th April, 1861. 

" An interesting volume, containing a number of curious details, and 
a large amount of information relative to the localities of which it 
treats. . . . It traces the history of those places from an early date 
in an interesting manner, giving a brief account of the different families 
whose residences have been in those neighbourhoods. The number of 
old records which it contains, and the account given of the state of the 
Donnybrook and Stillorgan localities, some eighty years ago, are highly 
interesting. This book belongs to a class of publications whose number we 
would gladly see increased. Local, as an aid to general history, it is in- 
valuable ; and it is only when we possess a sketch such as the one before 
us, of every district in Ireland, that we may expect to be presented with 
a complete and perfect history of this country." — Nation^ 6th April, and 
Evening News, 8th April, 1861. 

«' In this good work he has set a bright example to all his brother in- 
cumbents, who, generally living on the spot, could, with more ease than 
falls to the lot of any other engaged in archaeological pursuits, compile 
the existing fragments relating to their immediate districts, and whose 
learning and abilities fit them so well for the task; and we trust that 
many others may be induced from the perusal of these ' Brief Sketches ' 
to engage in similar researches and compilations, which, if carried out in 
each district or parish, would soon present us with the most perfect and 
interesting history of the past times of Ireland. It must be confessed 
that the work would be a stupendous one, too much so for any single 
individual to engage in ; but when divided amongst the parochial clergy 
of Ireland, the labour would be comparatively light, and the results 
most gratifying." — Farmers' Gazette, 1 3th April, 1861. 

" Very interesting to those possessing property or residing in either 
of the above-named parishes." — Northern Sta?idard, 13th April, 1861. 



BRIEF SKETCHES.' 



11 "We hope the result of his researches will be valued as it ought. . 

. • We coincide with the author in one of his quotations in the 
preface, that great advantages would be gained if every minister was to 
write the history of his parish." — Roscommoji Gazette, 13th April, 
1861. 

* k This is a rather interesting work. . . . The notes are short, 
but accurate, and form an excellent compendium of many interesting 
events which have occurred in the neighbourhood of Donnybrook. By 
those who are fond of antiquarian discoveries, this book will be read 
with avidity." — Clare Journal, 15th April, 1861. 

" Although a large portion of the contents of this second part of Mr. 
Blacker's 'Sketches ' will be chiefly — if not indeed solely — interesting 
to those residing or connected with the localities of Boot^rstown and 
Donnybrook, we notice scattered through its pages scraps of information 
which will be acceptable to the reading public in general, and which 
may, at some future period, form the groundwork of a far more pre- 
tentious and bulky volume than that in which they now stand before 
us. . . . We hope Mr. Blacker's labours may induce some of his 
brethren in the ministry to turn their attention occasionally into the 
same channel, and thus rescue from oblivion records and reminiscences 
connected with their localities, which at present are a sealed book to 
almost the entire community." — Westmeath Guardian, 18th April, 
1861. 

"If other clergymen would take as much trouble in collecting the 
records of their parishes, many extraordinary facts, useful to the historian 
and the moralist, would be brought to light. Mr. Blacker, at all events, 
has done his part well."— Belfast News-Letter, 23rd April, 1861. 

" A very interesting, and we will add, a learned work on the history 
of the 'Fair-renowned,' the 'immortal Donnybrook,' which in times 
gone bye was considered emblematic of the fun, frolic, and fighting of 
the Irishman in as great a degree as the shamrock is now of his nation- 
ality We recommend a perusal of the various interesting 

sketches the book contains." — Limeri-k Chronicle, 24th April, 1861. 

" Mr. Blacker has brought zeal and perseverance to the task of illus- 
trating the annals of the parishes, and has produced from the materials 
collected with so much care, two exceedingly interesting little works, 
which contain a large amount of information, condensed into a small 
6pace. Much of it is very curious, and must delight the antiquary."-— 
Waterford Mail, 24th April, 1861. 

"Those who have had the good fortune to meet with the first part 
of this very interesting and unpretending work, will gladly welcome the 
additions that are now before us. Mr. Blacker has certainly hit upon 
the plan of making his history useful by appending the notes and 
annals, which contain a vast amount of curious and valuable research. 
. . . . It has often occurred to us that clergymen possess peculiar 
facilities for the office of parochial historians. The success which has 
attended Mr. Blacker's efforts in this line will, we trust, encourage them 
to similar efforts; and we feel that in commending this little work as 
an admirable model of what such histories ought to be, we are only 
doing justice to its painstaking and accurate author." — Galway Ex- 
press, 27th April, 1861. 

" We should like to see every parish clergyman in Ireland devoting 
some of his leisure moments to a similar task in his own district. The 
result would be a valuable contribution to our stock of antiquarian 



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lore We can testify that Mr. Blacker has gathered to- 
gether a book which will interest far beyond the area with which it 
professedly deals; and we trust he will not pause until he has ex- 
hausted his materials."— Downpatrick Recorder, 27th April, 1861. 

" "While the book now before us must be highly prized by those inti- 
mately acquainted with the locality, and whose legendary lore the 
' Sketches ' will rectify and prune, people at a distance will read with 
pleasure the very interesting biographical and chronological facts which 
the author has arranged with so much tact and judgment. One result 
of Mr. Blacker's diligent research will assuredly be this — astonishment, 
on the part of the reader, that so much of real historical matter could 
be gleaned in such a fun-and- frolic-famous quarter of the world, as the 
celebrated, Fair-renowned Donnybrook."— Coleruine Chronicle^ 27th 
April, 1861. 

" The continuation of a work of singular local and general interest, 
although the area of its direct application is limited to the two parishes 
named in the title-page. . . . Much curious information is scat- 
tered throughout both parts." — King's County Chronicle, 1st May, 
1861. 

" A large amount of information relative to these localities. . » . 
We are of opinion that descriptions of this kind should be written, and 
when published, read by the public. The two localities now delineated, 
from their connection with the metropolis, are well known, and daily 
become more known. Therefore faithful sketches are the more impor- 
tant."— Tyrawly Herald, 2nd May, 1861. 

" We are glad to see Mr. Blacker's book— first, because it is a step in 
the right direction, which we hope will be speedily followed by the in- 
cumbents of other important parishes ; secondly, because a topographical 
and historical companion of this character is indispensable to every 
person who feels the slightest interest in the popular and populous districts 
of Donnybrook, Merrion, Booterstown, and Blackrock. . . An indif- 
ference to local, archseological, and antiquarian researches is certainly 
not a creditable feature in the national character ; but, for the honour 
of the country, we rather cling to the hope that the author of the work 
before us overrates the extent of that unworthy apathy which, we fear 
it must be confessed, in some degree exists. But the indifference of 
which he speaks is more exceptional than general. ... To the 
success of the first part, the second, now before us, is directly attri- 
butable. We are rejoiced to perceive that Mr. Blacker, whose book has 
been ' much more favourably received than he had reason to expect, 1 
has not folded his arms in repose, as many others would have done, and 
hesitated to continue his efforts for the rescue of the memorabilia of 
Booterstown and Donnybrook from oblivion. He has followed up his 
researches with singular vigour, efficiency, and success, and the conse- 
quence is that what may not inapplicably be regarded as the supple- 
ment, greatly exceeds in dimensions the original work. ... It 
abounds with the most out-of-the-way and quaint morceaux: facts 
which seemed the undisturbed property of the past have been reverently 
and dexterously rescued from oblivion. More curious and interesting 
matter, chronological, historical, biographical, and moral, we have not 
read." — Daily Express, 3rd May, 1861. 

*' This second part of Mr. Blacker's ' Brief Sketches * exhibits advan- 
tageously its author's fondness for antiquarian studies. With indefati- 
gable diligence he has gleaned every scattered particle of information 
relating to Booterstown and Donnybrook that could be found in ancient 



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records, parochial registers, and forgotten pamphlets. The result is a 
very acceptable addition to the topography of the county Dublin. The 
former portion of the book was published early in last year, and was 
noticed in the Free/nan's Journal of 21st February, 1860. The second 
part includes a large body of curious particulars relating to local and 
personal history, and besides being a necessary sequel to the former, has 
the advantage of being more comprehensive in its plan. The variety 
of its contents may be inferred when we mention that there is a long 
note on the Fitzwilliam family, numerous sepulchral inscriptions, 
copious annals, and many additions to the history of the famous Fair, 
which is now a thing of the past, but not to be regretted, having long 
survived the period in which it was a scene of either business or inno- 
cent recreation. Still it was to be desired that some record should be 
preserved of that which had come to be considered as characteristically 
national, and this we have in the present work. . . . Altogether 
this second part is much superior to the first, and in its typography is 
equally creditable to the Irish press." — Freeman's Journal, and Even- 
ing Freeman, 7th May, 1861. 

11 "We have received the second part of this interesting work ; and as 
the contents are so much to our taste, we the more regret not having the 
pleasure of a perusal of the first. . . . All our contemporaries, who 
have noticed the first part, speak of it with uniform praise and com- 
mendation. "We cannot entertain a doubt that they have done so in 
any spirit but that of honesty and candour ,- and we entirely concur in 
the observations of the Dublin Builder,' 1 '' — Wexford Independent, 8th 
May, 1861. 

" Exhibits many quaint and interesting phases of the changes through 
which society has passed from a remote period to the present time. Mr. 
Blacker deserves credit for the pains he has taken to rescue from ob- 
livion, and preserve, much that it is really noteworthy. Although an 
unpretending volume, it will be found rich in antiquarian, historical, 
ecclesiological, and biographical research ; and we should like to see the 
author's example followed in many of the other parishes of this 
1 Emerald Isle.' " — Fermanagh Mail, 9th May, 1861. 

u No works are more interesting than those which, in an easy, chatty 
style, and interwoven with the peculiar phraseology of our ancestors, 
tell us of the doings of the past. This is one of these (a Second Fart, 
too), and it indicates without any ostentation an immense amount of 
antiquarian research on the part of its author. Some of the notices 
embodied in it will be found very interesting, and many of them not a 
little suggestive. Mr. Blacker has done good service by a publication, 
which throughout very sufficiently indicates his scholarly attainments 
and gentlemanly feeling." — Newry Herald, and Dundalk and Newry 
Express, 11th May, 1861. 

" A detailed and most interesting history of the principal persons and 
events connected with these parishes. . . . We hope Mr. Blacker 'a 
praiseworthy example will find many imitators amongst the Irish 
clergy. There is not a parish in Ireland that would not afford mate- 
rials for a ' Brief Sketch,' if they were sought out as at Booterstown 
and Donnybrook." — Portadown News, 11th May, 1861. 

* This is a brochure of over 200 pages ; and taking into considera- 
tion the views of a Protestant clergyman, and the subjects that would 
most naturally interest him, it has evidently been compiled with care, 
and contains a considerable amount of curious information." — Wexford 
People, 18th May, 1861. 



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** This second part of the * Brief Sketches ' exhibits the same un- 
wearied and successful research as the first. . . . The entire volume, 
in short, is replete with everything that could interest the antiquary, 
the archaeologist, and the lover of the chronicles and records of the 
past, and of the memorials of those who have departed to that bourne 
whence no traveller returns." — Catholic Telegraph, 18th May, 1861. 

'' To the future historian of Dublin, as well as to every person who 
takes an interest in the parishes of Booterstown and Dounybrook, these 

sketches will be found invaluable as a source of information 

It is indeed an interesting work." — Drogheda Argus, 18th May, 
1861. 

" As a topographical and historical account of these parishes, a most 
valuable work. . . . We trust that Mr. Blacker will not relinquish 
his labuurs, chronological, antiquarian, and biographical, until we have 
sketches of Blackrock and Kingstown from his pen, as class-books to 
the present volume." — Newry Examiner, 29th May, 1861. 

"The title of this little work gives some idea of its contents; but 
it is only after careful perusal that its full value can be known or 

appreciated When executed in the kindly, loving spirit 

which characterizes this interesting work, such admirable sketches 
must prove a valuable addition to the literature and history of our 
country." — Kilkenny Journal, 29th May, 1861. 

»* Some very interesting particulars which would have remained 
buried in oblivion, have been faithfully brought to light. In fact, it 
contains a vast amount of information in a small compass ; it will be 
a great boon to those who live in the locality, and we highly recom- 
mend it to the public." — Sligo Journal, 31st May, 1861. 

''The book of course to a certain extent is of a local nature ; but 
who that has strolled through the suburbs of Dublin, has not found 
his way to the delightful avenues that intersect the parish of Boo- 
terstown ? Who has not heard and read of Donnybrook ? ' Brief 
Sketches' will repay perusal." — Galway Vindicator, 1st June, 1861. 

" Contains a vast amount of information, which will be perused with 

pleasure by the historian and the antiquarian Those who 

are anxious to glance at the lives of eminent families during the 
past century, will peruse this work with pleasure, every page of which 
contains something new and interesting in the history of Dublin."— 
Carluw Sentinel, 1st June, 1861. 

" One of the best publications of its kind that has been issued from 
the press for years. It is not merely a history of the parishes of 
Booterstown and Donnybrook ; it is also a genealogical record of fami- 
lies connected with those localities. The humours of Donnybrook 
Fair have been said and sung in every hamlet in Ireland ; but we may 
safely say that few except the antiquarian and student of ancient his- 
tory — and not all of them — are aware of the derivation oi the term 
4 Donnybrook,' or the origin of the celebrated Fair, now happily a 

matter of history The foregoing extracts are sufficient to 

prove the character of the work, and no one who loves the lore of olden 
days should be without it. Taking it as a whole, with its inscriptions 
from old tombstones, its anecdotes, and its annals, it will be found an 
agreeable companion for a leisure hour."— Cavan Observer, 8th June, 
1861. 

" Hypercritics have objected to this and similar publications, that 



" BRIEF SKETCHES." XV 



they are of merely local interest and importance ; but, assuredly (as a 
writer of the present day has 'well observed), the same remark would as 
justly apply to Milner's learned ' History of Winchester,' Gilbert's 
' History of Dublin,' or that charming little volume of the Rev. Gilbert 
White — the ' Natural History of Selborne.' Hardiman's ' History of 
Galway,' Stuart's ' History of Armagh,' M'Skimin's 'History of Car- 
rickfergus,' and such like books, are open to the same frivolous objec- 
tion. Topographical sketches of particular localities are, in truth, of 
immense utility to the general historian, whose researches occupy a 
wider field ; while they possess, besides, an interest peculiar to them- 
selves. And when written, as Mr. Blaeker's volume has been, by a 
resident antiquarian who leaves no stone unturned to ascertain a fact 
or a date, their value is very greatly enhanced. It should also be borne 
in mind, that the volume before us is not devoted, as many may ima- 
gine, to the history of an obscure and unimportant locality ; but that it 
describes, accurately and minutely, the past and present state of some 
of the most agreeable places of resort in the vicinity of the Irish me- 
tropolis." — Newry Commercial Telegraph, 11th June, 1861. 

** Exceedingly well brought out, and beyond a doubt will soon become 
a text-book for the curious in such matters." — Roscommon Weekly 
Messenger, 15th June, 1861, 

** In the preface the author says, that in a work of this kind he can- 
not lay claim to any great amount of originality, his aim being to gain 
the credit rather of being a painstaking compiler ; and we can fairly 
congratulate h'.m upon his success, and upon having completely gamed 
his point. He also informs us that he is scrupulously careful to give 
his authorities, which we perceive is the case." — Clunmel Chronicle, 
19th June, 1861. 

*' This is an interesting little volume, in which are detailed the most 
remarkable ancient and modern events that have occurred relative to 
the above parishes, and many interesting particulars of persons who 

have been residents therein It is much to be desired that 

his good example should be followed by other parochial historians, for 
the inhabitants of many districts throughout the country stand much 
in need of similar information.'* — Meath Herald, 22nd June, 1861. 

" Judging from the portion which now lies before us, we should pro- 
nounce the volume to be an admirable one of its kind If 

each clergyman in Ireland were to write the history of his own parish, 
we are persuaded that many interesting facts now unknown, would be 
brought to light ; many controverted points would be indubitably set- 
tled ; and the stock of our information relating to the past of our 
country would be largely increased." — Leilrim Gazette, 11th July, 

M In a small space the work presents a mass of most interesting 
notes, historic, archaeologic, anecdotal, and statistical, on these famous 
Buburbs of the Irish metropolis." — Bray Gazette, 27th July, 1861. 

" Gives the fullest evidence of care and research The 

family records are carefully compiled, and the annals abound with 
matters of the greatest importance. "We do not find anything in the 
work, which comes from the publishing-house of Mr. Herbert of Graf- 
ton-street, to which we would take exception." — Meath People, 3rd 
August, 1861. 

44 Deserves the highest commendation, on account of the extraordi- 
nary research displayed by the author, and the very great diligence 



XVI OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. 



with which he has collected a vast amount of information concerning 

Booterstown and Dannybrook The appendix is full of 

the most valuable notes, many of them culled, at great expense of time 
and trouble, from various scarce works." — Downshire Protestant, 
9th August, 1861. 

" Bears evidence of industry and ability on the part of its author, 
who has gathered into a small space a large amount of very enter- 
taining matter." — Nenagh Guardian, 14th August, 1861. 

" Very suggestive of what might, and ought to be done for other 
parishes in Ireland, besides Booterstown and Donnybrook, for the pre- 
servation of much information and many facts, that. become lost to 
the succeeding generation, and rapidly fade from popular recollection, 
unless fixed in print by some literary labourer such as the author of 

this book , He sticks closely to his text, and collects 

the annals of his parish, and furnishes a record of those events and 
names which make local history. ...... The collection of such 

details involves a considerable amount of labour and research. Not 
only has he sought in musty records to collect his facts, but he has 
reverently swept the mould from the time-worn tombs in the parish 

churchyard We attach the more value to the labours of 

the Rev. Mr. Blacker from the general neglect — in fact, the destruc- 
tiveness which is exercised towards the materials for history, which 
(shall we say it?) is an Irish characteristic. Vandalism, as regards 
our ancient monuments, would appear to be the rule. But for the 
labours of Hardiman, which of us would be able to tell anything of 
the history of Galway ? And such is our gratitude to the historian, that 
the next generation may not be able to tell, who or what Mr. Hardiman 

was A curious illustration of the value of such brief 

sketches of Galway, had we them, as this work supplies of Donny- 
brook, is this moment afforded us, by the difficulty with which the 
Town Board can come at any facts to establish what was the usage as to 
droits." — Galway Press, 19th October, 1861. 



BRIEF SKETCHES, 



BRIEF SKETCHES 



OF 



THE PARISHES 

OF 

§00tot0krn: mttr gonngtmiak, 

IN THE COUNTY OF DUBLIN ; 
SStilj Hate anb %msh. 

BY 

THE REV. BEAVER H. BLACKER, M.A., 

INCUMBENT OF BOOTEBSTOWN, AND BUBAL DEAN. 



(< Attamen audendum est, et Veritas investiganda, quara si non 
omnino assequeremur, tamen proprius ad earn, quam nunc sumus, 
tandem perveniernus." 



" If anp tfjere fie tofitcf) are fresh-cms to tie strangers in 
tfjefr oton sotle, antr forratners in tfjetr oton titte, tfjep map 
so continue, anO tijcrein flatter tljemseioes. iFor suclj lifce 
I- ijabe not tnrttten tfjcse lines, nor tatten tfjese names." 



TDBIIIR,!} ^^.Z^T. 



DUBLIN : 
GEORGE HERBERT, 117, GRAFTON-STREET. 

1872. 



[Some delay having occurred in the printing 
of the latter half of this Part, a few matters 
of a date subsequent to that given in p. 216 
have been inserted. Part iv., completing 
the work, will soon be ready.] 



DUBLIN : 
6, Bachelor's- walk. 



APPENDIX III. 



[In the composition of another Appendix to his 
" Brief Sketches of the Parishes of Booterstown and 
Donnybrook," the writer has taken no less care than 
in the preceding portions ; and quoting the words of 
Dr. John G. Sheppard, he may say : " As a matter 
of simple duty and good faith, I have done my best, 
by study of the original authorities when accessible, 
to avoid that sort of superficiality which misstates 
facts and misjudges men, or which builds up theories 
without examining the ground upon which they rest." 
In fact, like Messrs. Poole and Hugall, the authors 
of " The Churches of Scarborough," etc., he has 
" endeavoured to give the work a value above that of 
ordinary guides, which treat every institution as a 
blessing, every person as a benefactor and a patriot, 
every object as a beauty, and every feature as an 
excellence, in whatever comes within their limits." 
A friend, whose name stands high in the ranks of 
literature, has justly remarked, that topography is of 
peculiar value in Ireland, our parochial records being 
comparatively scanty ; and that facts like what are 
recorded here, would in a short time be lost alto- 
gether, or become vague traditions. " To my mind," 

p 



214 APPENDIX III. 



as another valued (but too partial) friend has written, 
" there is a great charm in reverting to the ' good 
old times,' and in losing oneself, as it were, in the 
memories of the past. I may be peculiar in this 
feeling ; but I rather think that T am not. You 
have the satisfaction of having produced a book of 
great and varied interest, and one which is in all 
respects compatible with your sacred calling." The 
late Rev. Dr. Urwick, in his " Biographic Sketches 
of the late James Digges LaTouche, Esq." (Dub- 
lin, 18G8), p. 221, has referred to these "Brief 
Sketches " in rather flattering terms : " It is a 
marvel of research and industry. Ireland would be 
rich in annals, etc., were similar records of all her 
parishes forthcoming." Another has remarked that 
"it is hard to feel such memories slipping away 
day by day. It is a sad experience w^hen you go 
by old historic scenes, and realize that the busy 
world around you has swallowed up your sentiment 
so that it ceases to kindle, and your eye wanders 
over them as the veriest common-places of the age." 
And what was the opinion of Dr. Johnson, as ex- 
pressed in one of his Letters to Mrs. Thrale, 
("Works," vol. xii. p. 335, London, 1792)? 
" Mr. Grene, the apothecary, has found a book, 
which tells who paid levies in our parish, and how 
much they paid, above a hundred years ago. Do 
you not think we study this book hard ? Nothing 
is like going to the bottom of things. Many 
families that paid the parish-rates are now extinct, 



NOTES. 215 

like the race of Hercules. Pulvis et umbra sumus. 
What is nearest us touches us most. The passions 
rise higher at domestic than at imperial tragedies. 
I am not wholly unaffected by the revolutions of 
Sadler-street, nor can I forbear to mourn a little 
when old names vanish away, and new come into 
their place." 

Professor Stephens writes thus in the " foreword " 
to Part II. of his magnificent work, " The Old-Nor-^ 
thern Runic Monuments of Scandinavia and Eng- 
land" : " Delays are dangerous. The Best is too 
often the greatest enemy of the Good. So I prefer 
giving at once — however dimmed by my own in- 
competence — what I have been so painfully gather- 
ing during many many long years of toil and sacri- 
fice, rather than to wait months manifold in hopes 
of an imaginary fulness, an ideal correctness." The 
same idea has influenced the writer of these pages 
(though happily he cannot say that in the compo- 
sition of them he has had " many many long years of 
toil and sacrifice " — very far from it) ; and besides, 
he was anxious not to exceed his proper limits, 
having before him the sage advice of a critic in the 
" Essays from 'The Times,'" 2nd Series, p. 187 : 
" It is, we think, the author of i The Vanity and 
Glory of Literature ' who warns us that it is only 
the quintessence of things written that will reach 
that posterity upon whose approval authors build, 
and for whose unwitnessed smiles they are content 
in life heroically to suffer. A solitary thought shall 



216 APPENDIX III. 



occupy men's minds when whole libraries will plead 
in vain for consideration. If authors are sagacious, 
they will give posterity as little trouble as need be. 
Their jewels may be transmitted without the encum- 
brance of setting, and their needles will not be the 
less welcome without the accompaniment of a bottle 
of hay. A duodecimo, we know, does not fetch as 
much money in the market as two volumes quarto, 
but it may possibly float down the river of time, 
while the bulkier voyagers are quietly sinking to the 
bottom." 

With these prefatory remarks, the writer commits 
the following pages — the produce of some hours of 
pleasure and relaxation from strictly professional 
engagements — to the judgment of all who may be 
disposed to read them. 



B. H. B. 



BOKEBY, BLACKROCK, DUBLIN, 

January ', 1870.] 



|toto. 

[Continued from p. 157.] 

Note (it). 

The Derivation of " Booteestown." — la Notes and 
Queries, 2nd S. ix. 462 (16th June, 1860), there was a 
communication to this effect : — 

" Booterstown, near Dublin. — In Mr. G. R. Powell's 
1 Official Railway Handbook to Bray, Kingstown, the Coast, 
and the County of Wicklow,' (12mo, Dublin, 1860), p. 46, 
the following statement appears : — 

" ' The district [Booterstown] we are here passing takes 
its name from one of the features of a past day. It was 
originally called Freebooterstown, from its being the resort 
of these desperadoes.' 

" The parish of Booterstown (termed Ballybotter, Bally - 
boother, Butterstown, and Boterstone, in sundry old docu- 
ments) forms a very flourishing portion of the large Irish 
estates of the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, M.P. [subsequently 
Lord Herbert of Lea], and is on the road from Dublin to 
Kingstown and Bray, and on the southern coast of the Bay 
of Dublin, the shores of which here assume a highly interest- 
ing and picturesque appearance. 

" I am not at all satisfied with Mr. Powell's explanation, 
which, I am persuaded, is wrong ; and yet I cannot give a 
better one. Will some one of your many Irish readers kindly 
assist me? — Abhba." 

In a small pamphlet by " William Scribble, Esq.," entitled 
" Hurrah ! The Fleet; or, Greetings from the Shore," (Dublin, 
1863), p. 4, the same derivation of the name is implied : — 

" Free-Booterstown, of bad renown," etc. 

But a far more satisfactory explanation has been given in 



218 APPENDIX III. 



Notes and Queries, 3rd S. iv. 276 (3rd October, 1863), by 
the late Rev. Dr. Todd, S.F.T.C.D., who was for several 
years a parishioner of Donnybrook, and to whom the readers 
of these " Brief Sketches " are already indebted for a valuable 
communication respecting the name of that parish, pp. 120- 
122:— 

" Booterstown, near Dublin (2nd S. ix. 462). — In turning 
over the above-named volume of 'N. & Q.,' I met with the 
inquiry of your correspondent * Abhba ' as to the original 
meaning and etymology of the name of this village. He is 
quite right in rejecting the absurd statement, that it was 
originally called Freebooter stown from its being the resort 
of freebooters. This is simply a falsehood. There is no 
evidence that it ever had the name of Freebooterstown. Nor 
was it ever, I believe, called Booterstown until after the 
formation of the Dublin and Kingstown railway. Before 
that time, it was always called Butterstown ; and in old 
documents, as your correspondent correctly tells you, it is 
called Ballybotter, Ballyboother, Butterstown, or Bothars- 
town, and Boterstone. 

" The word bothar, or bothair, is a road, a street, in the 
Irish language ; in some parts of Ireland the th is pronounced 
as if tt ; in other parts it is slurred over, as if it was h. 

" Thus, there is a street in Dublin called Stonybatter, the 
stony road ; there is a Butter sfield Avenue, near Rathfarn- 
ham ; Bothar mor, or the great road, is the name of the road 
from Tipperary to Cashel ; Bothar na mac riogh (road of the 
king's sons) is the road from Corofin, by the Castle of Inchi- 
quin to Killnaboy, co. Clare {Four Mast., a.d. 1573) ; 
Bothar-liac Baislice (Grey road of Baisleach, now Baslick), 
is the name of a high road leading to Baslick, in the parish 
of Ballintober, co. Roscommon {Four Mast., a.d. 1573, p. 
1180). There are hundreds of other instances. 

" l Abhba ' will, therefore, see at once the answer to his 
question. The high road from Dublin to Wicklow was 
called the Botar, or Bothar : in and about Dublin, the th was 
pronounced as tt. Ballybotter, therefore, or Ballybothar, 
was the town or village of the Bottar, or high road ; and this 
was Englished naturally Botterstown, or Butterstown. 

" The diminutive Botharin, (commonly pronounced Boha- 
reen, or Boreen,) is familiar to every one who has resided in 
the country parts of Ireland. It is a word of daily use even 



NOTES. 219 



in the mouths of those who can only speak the English lan- 
guage. It signifies a little road, a lane, or bridle road, across 
the fields. 

James H. Todd. 
"Trinity College, Dublin." 

It may be well to observe that the name u Booterstown " 
is of rather older standing than Dr. Todd believed, as refer- 
ence (for example) to Dublin newspapers of the last century 
will show ; but this is a point of minor consequence. " But- 
terstown " was the more common appellation. (Notes and 
Queries, 3rd S. iv. 339.) Several letters on the subject 
appeared in Saunders's News-Letter, in the month of October, 
1863 ; but nothing to invalidate the derivation given by Dr. 
Todd. 

Mr. Patrick W. Joyce subsequently read a paper before the 
Royal Irish Academy, 22nd May, 1865, on " Changes and 
Corruptions in Irish Topographical Names," which was pro- 
nounced by Dr. Todd and others who were present to be 
" most valuable in substance and sound in principle," and 
of which the following is a portion ; — 

" The principal effect of this practice of retaining the old 
spelling is, that consonants which are aspirated in the original 
names, are hardened or restored in the modern pronunciation. 
A remarkable instance of this hardening pro- 
cess occurs in some of the Leinster counties, where the Irish 
word bothar [boher], a road, is converted into batter. This 
word 'batter' is, or was, well understood in these counties to 
mean an ancient road. It is used in Wexford to signify a 
lane or narrow road: — * Bater, a lane bearing to a high 
road.' ( ( Glossary of the Dialect of Forth and Bargy.' By 
Jacob Poole : edited by William Barnes, B.D.) ' As for the 
word Bater, that in English purpozeth a lane bearing to an 
highway, I take it for a meere Irish worde that crept una- 
wares into the English, through the daily intercourse of the 
English and Irish inhabitants.' (Stanyhurst, quoted in same.) 
The word occurs in early Anglo-Irish documents in the form of 
bothir, or bothy r, which being pronounced according to the 
powers of the English letters, was easily converted into bolter, 
or latter. It forms a part of the following names : — Batters- 



220 APPENDIX III. 



town, the name of four townlandsinMeath, which were alwaj-s 
called in Irish Baile-an-bhothair, i.e., the town of the road ; 
and anglicised by changing bothar to batter, and translating 
baile to town. Batterjohn and Ballybatter are also in Meath. 
Near Drogheda there is a townland called Greenbatter, and 
another called Yellowbatter, which are called in Irish, Boher- 
glas and Bokerboy, having the same meanings as the present 
names, viz., green road and yellow road. We have also 
some examples in and around Dublin, one of which is the 
well-known name of Stony batter. Long before the city had 
extended so far, and while Stonybatter was nothing more 
than a country road, it was — as it still continues to be — 
the great thoroughfare to Dublin from the districts lying west 
and north-west of the city ; and it was known by the name 
of Bothar»na~g clock [Bohernaglogh], i.e., the road of the 
stones, which was changed to the modern equivalent, Stony- 
batter, or Stonyroad. One of the five great roads leading 
from Tara, which were constructed in the second century, viz., 
that called Slighe-Cualann, passed through Dublin by Ra- 
toath, and on towards Bray : under the name of Bealach 
Duibhlinne (the road, or pass, of the [river] Duibhlinn 
[originally the name of that part of the Liffey on which the 
city now stands]) it is mentioned in the following quotation 
from the * Book of Rights ':— 

1 It is prohibited to him (the king of EriiO to go with a host 
On Monday over the Bealach Duibhlinne.' 

The old ford of hurdles, which in these early ages formed 
the only foot-passage across the Liffey, and which gave the 
name of Athcliath to the city, crossed the river where Whit- 
worth-bridge now stands, leading from Church-street to 
Bridge-street ; and the road from Tara to Wicklow must 
necessarily have crossed the Liffey at this point. There can 
be, I think, no doubt that the present Stonybatter formed a 
portion of this ancient road — a statement that is borne out 
by two independent circumstances. First, Stonybatter lies 
straight on the line, and would, if continued, meet the Liffey 
exactly at Whitworth-bridge. Secondly, the name Stony- 
batter, or Bothar-na-gcloch, affords even a stronger confir- 
mation. The most important of the ancient Irish roads were 
paved with large blocks of stone, somewhat like the old 
Roman roads ; a fact that is proved by the remains of those 
that can now be traced. It is exactly this kind of road that 
would be called by the Irish — even at the present day — 



NOTES. 221 



Bohernaglogh ; and the existence of this name, on the very 
line leading to the ancient ford over the Liffey, leaves 
scarcely any doubt that this was a part of the ancient Slighe 
Cualann. It must be regarded as a fact of great interest, 
that the modern-looking name Stonybatter — changed as it 
has been in the course of ages — descends to us with a history 
seventeen hundred years old written on its front. Booters- 
town (near Dublin) is another member of the same family ; 
it is merely another form of Batterstown, i.e., Roadtown. 
In a roll of about the year 1435 it is written in the Anglo- 
Irish form, Ballybothyr (Baile-an-bhothair — town of the 
road), of which the present name, Booterstown, is a kind of 
half-translation. In old Anglo-Irish documents frequent 
mention is made of a road leading from Dublin to Bray. In 
a roll of the fifteenth century it is called Botrryr-de-Bree 
(road of Bra} 7 ) ; and it is stated that it was by this road the 
O'Byrnes and O'Tooles usually came to Dublin. It is very 
probable that the Booterstown road and this Bray road were 
one and the same, and that both were a continuation of the 
ancient Slighe Cualann." 

The paper from which the foregoing paragraphs have been 
taken, is printed in the Proceedings of the Royal Irish 
Academy, vol. ix., pp. 225-252; and also in "The Origin 
and History of Irish Names of Places," by P. W. Joyce, A.M., 
M.R.I.A., (Dublin, 1869), pp. 41-44. For information 
about Booterstown and Bothyr-de-Bree, Mr. Joyce acknow- 
ledges his obligations to John T. Gilbert, Esq., M.R.I.A., of 
Villa Nova, Blackrock, author of the " History of the City 
of Dublin," etc. 

Note (uu), 

Booterstown Church. — This Church (more correctly 
styled the Church of St. Philip and St. James, Booterstown) 
was not designed by the late Joseph Welland, Esq., as stated 
in p. 7 : the work was carried on under his inspection ; but 
the architect was John Bowden, Esq., of Blessington-street, 
Dublin, Architect to the Board of First Fruits. This appears 
from the document referred to in p. 28; viz. "Mr. Tassie's 



222 APPENDIX III. 



Estimate for building Booterstown Church agreeably with 
Mr. Bowden's original Design, £4,886." Deductions, 
amounting to £869 3s., were made from this design ; and 
therefore the cost would appear to have been £4,016 17s. 
The late Dr. Urwick, when writing on this subject in his 
" Biographic Sketches of the late James Digges La Touche, 
Esq.," pp. 220, 221, was not as accurate as usual in his de- 
tails. 

The building having been found insufficient for the accom- 
modation of the parishioners, extensive additions were com- 
menced in the early part of the year 1868, including a 
transept, chancel, robing-room, and porch. The transept is 
on the south side, opening by two arches into the nave. 
These arches rest on a pillar in the centre, and are arranged 
to correspond with the bays of the vaulting in the nave, so 
as to preserve the continuity of the ceiling. The transept is 
lighted by two three-light windows, filled with tracery. 
The chancel is apsidal, and opens into the nave by a moulded 
cut-stone arch, resting on pillars and corbels, with carved 
capitals. It is lighted by traceried windows of a similar 
character to those in the transept, and has cut-stone but- 
tresses at the exterior angles, surmounted by pinnacles, be- 
tween which are continued open parapets similar to those 
previously around the building. In designing the alterations, 
which are of the decorated style, care was taken to make 
them harmonize with the general character of the building, 
without ignoring the advance which has been effected in 
Gothic architecture since the church was erected. Alterations 
were made at the same time in the pewing of the nave. J. 
Rawson Carroll, Esq., of Dublin, was the architect ; and the 
Messrs. D. Crowe and Sons the contractors. The works having 
been satisfactorily completed, the Church (which had been 
closed for a few months, during which time the adjoining 
Meeting-room was licensed) was reopened on Sunday, 2nd 
May, 1869, the Rev. Beaver H. Blacker, M.A., Vicar of the 
parish, and the Rev. Alured H. Alcock, M.A., officiating. 



NOTES. 223 



The sermon (Psalm Ixxxiv. 1-3) was preached by the Rev. 
Joseph Baylee, D.D., late Principal of St. Aidan's College, 
Birkenhead ; and a collection made in aid of the Booterstown 
Church Improvement Fund. 

The cost of the enlargement and improvement of the build- 
ing, amounting to about £1,600, was defrayed by contri- 
butions from parishioners and other friends, aided by grants 
from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for Ireland, the 
Guardians of the Earl of Pembroke, and the Trustees of the 
Beresford Fund. Full particulars of the receipts and pay- 
ments are not given here, but will be found in a printed 
statement, duly audited, and presented to the subscribers. 

Note (vv). 

Booterstown Parish Eegisters. — As Parish Registers 
are of very great importance, the following summary is laid 
before the reader, as a sample of what might be done with 
advantage to the public, and without much trouble or expense, 
in the case of every register throughout the kingdom. Many 
such volumes have been lost or mislaid, or somehow have found 
their way into wrong depositories. One, for example, from 
St. Peter's, Drogheda, in the diocese of Armagh, has been 
for some years past in an office in Dublin Castle, and though 
safe, is not where we might expect to find it. 

The registers connected with the parish of Booterstown 
date from its separation from Donnybrook, and (there not 
being a graveyard) contain entries of baptisms and marriages, 
but not of burials. They are in good condition, in five 
volumes, and as follows : — 

I. Baptisms, from 22nd May, 1824, to 7th March, 1839 ; 
and Marriages, from 8th July, 1824, to 24th February, 
1839. 

II. Baptisms, from 14th March, 1839, to 5th June, 1853 ; 
and Marriages, from 16th September, 1839, to 29th March, 
1845. 



224 APPENDIX III. 



III. Marriages (under the present law), from 10th April, 
1845, to 27th September, 1858. 

IV. Baptisms, from 4th September, 1853, to present date. 

V. Marriages, from 15th December, 1858, to present date. 

Christ Church, Carysfort, Blackrock, is only a few yards 
beyond the bounds of Booterstown (as stated in p. 204), and 
is attended by many of the parishioners. There is a register 
of baptisms (but not of marriages or burials), from 22nd 
May, 1855, the names being transferred annually to the 
parish register of Monkstown. 

Note (ww). 

Population of Booterstown Parish. — The following 
particulars, gleaned from the census taken for the night of 
7th April, 1861, are given in continuation of what has ap- 
peared on the same subject in pp. 34, 35. 

In 1861, the population amounted to 3,219 ; comprising 
1,205 males and 2,014 females; and occupying 554 houses. 
There were also 37 houses uninhabited or building. The 
General valuation of the parish amounted to £13,961 15s. ; 
the Poor Law valuation in 1851 having been £13,618. 

The annexed table shows at a glance the Religious Pro- 
fession and Education of the parishioners. Under the head 
of " All other Persuasions " were 4 male and 3 female " Uni- 
tarians"; 1 male and 1 female "Separatist"; 2 male and 
14 female " Christian Brethren " ; 1 female " Lutheran " ; 1 
male " Unknown"; 5 male and 3 female " Moravians"; 1 
male " Puseyite "; 1 female " Nonconformist"; and 1 male 
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Note (xx). 

The Archdeaconry of Dublin. — Reference merely 
having been made in p. 26 to Mr. Monck Mason's " History of 
St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin," for particulars of the Arch- 
deaconry, it has been thought well to give the details (some 
of which have appeared in these pages) in a connected form, 
inasmuch as they bear very closely on the ecclesiastical 
history of Booterstown and Donny brook. The succession of 
the Archdeacons of Dublin, in addition to, and more complete 
than, what is contained in pp. 99, 100, may be found near 
the end of the present Part. 

This dignity " existed in times beyond the date of our 
earliest written records." Torquil, Archdeacon of Dublin, 
was witness to a grant of Archbishop Laurence O'Toole 
(1162-1180-1) to the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity (other- 
wise Christ Church) about the date of the English Conquest ; 
and Macrobius, who probably became Bishop of Glendaloch, 
was a subscribing witness to the foundation charter, granted 
to St. Patrick's by Archbishop Comyn (1181-1212). 

Archbishop Alan (1528-9 to 1534), whose " Liber Niger " 
and " Repertorium Viride " are well known, informs us that 
before the time when a stall in the choir, with a voice upon the 
election of an Archbishop, was conferred on the Archdeacon 
in the Cathedral of St. Patrick, he enjoyed the privilege in 
the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity. 

It is not easy to determine what churches in primitive 
times were annexed to this dignity for its support. William 
de Northfield, Archdeacon, held one portion of the church of 
Luske as his prebend, consenting that the present parish of 
Balrothery should be dismembered therefrom ; and in ex- 
change for Luske, Archbishop Luke (1228-1255) granted 
him the church of Tawney (otherwise Tacheny, Tanee, or 
Taney), reserving to the Legate a Latere the hundredth part, 
which had been paid by way of proxy from very remote 
times. 



NOTES. 227 



To the mother church of Tawney, which was the head of a 
rural deanery of great extent, some chapels were subservient. 

I. Donabroke, or Donny brook, which, although it appears 
from an award of Archbishop Comyn to have been a member 
of Tawney, was nevertheless for a time disunited therefrom, 
and conferred by Archbishop Luke upon his chaplain, William 
de Romney ; the same prelate subsequently reducing it to the 
condition of a chapelry, and making it subservient to Tawney. 

II. Kilgoban, or Kilgobbin, which was united to Tawney, 
and, of consequence, to the archdeaconry, almost from the 
Conquest : it is now a perpetual cure, and forms a portion of 
the union of Kiiternan. III. Rathfernan, or Rathfarnham. 
The original lord of this district, and patron of the church, 
was Milo le Bret. It was united in early times to the corps 
of the archdeaconry, and, as such, was held by William de 
Northfield, who had a contest with the Prior and Convent of 
the Holy Trinity relative to tithes. The difference was 
finally settled by Archbishop Luke, who decreed in favour 
of the Archdeacon, with a reservation of the tithes of two 
townlands, or, in lieu of them, an annual pension of twelve 
marks. Rathfarnham is styled by Archbishop Alan a 
chapelry, subservient to the mother church of Tawney. 

In the year 1322, it was resolved that the rectory of 
Enisboyne, or Innisbohin (now Dunganstown), in the county 
of Wicklow, and about three miles distant from the town of 
that name, should become a prebend after the death of the 
Incumbent, John de Kingston ; and we find it afterwards 
united occasionally to the archdeaconry, though it does not 
appear ever to have been considered part of the corps of that 
dignity. William Bulkeley, Archdeacon in 1636, was Rector 
of Enisboyne ; but in 1615, the date of the regal visitation, 
when Launcelot Bulkeley was Archdeacon, the rectory was 
held by Roger Danby. In 1727, the vicarage of St. Peter's, 
Dublin (the rectory being vested in the Dean and Chapter of 
St Patrick's), was perpetually united to the archdeaconry 
by act of Council, in lieu of Enisboyne, and Archdeacon 



228 APPENDIX III. 



Whittingham was admitted to the same on the 3rd of March 
following. This latter parish had been formed in 1680, by an 
act of Council, which united the parishes of St. Kevin, St. 
Peter de Monte, and a portion of St. Stephen's — the union to 
be thenceforth known by the title of the Vicarage of St. 
Peter's. 

When the Cathedral of St. Patrick was dissolved in the 
year 1546, the possessions of the Archdeacon, William Power, 
were confiscated in like manner with those of the other 
members of the chapter ; and, during its suppression, the 
parishes of Tawney and Rathfarnham were leased to Sir 
John Allen, knight, and Donabroke to John Sharpe. 

By the Inquisition held 27th January, 38 Henry VI1L, 
the extent and value of the archidiaconal possessions were 
reported to be as follows : — 

TANEE. 

Demesne In the townland of Tanee there is of demesne, 

appertaining to said rectory or prebend, one messuage and 
ix. acres of arable land, one stang of meadow, value, per 
annum, ixs. 

Tithes The tithes issue from the townlands of Tanee, 

Dondrommy, Balawly, Balayn, Kebowe, the " Chantrell 
ferme," and Challorighe, value xixZ. per annum ; the demesne 
lands, altarages and oblations of Tanee are assigned to the 
Curate for his stipend. Amount, xixZ. 

RATHFERNAN. 

Demesne In Rathfernan is one messuage and xi. acres 

of arable land, the demesne of said rectory, worth viis. ivd. 
per annum. 

Tithes. — The tithes of Rathfernan extend over the town- 
lands of Rathfernan, Newton, Piestownland, Bowdanston, 
Scallardyston, Tyrynowry, Chamyugh, Seynt John-leys, and 
Ragarth, worth xxi?. per annum, and leased to William 
Wyrrall for xU. ; the demesne lands, altarages, and oblations 
of the rectory of Rathfernan are assigned to the Curate for 
his stipend, paying to the Archdeacon of Dublin xxvis. viiio?. 
per annum. Total value of the rectory, with demesne lands, 
xliZ. vis. wind. 



NOTES. 229 



DONABROKE. 

Demesne. — In the townland of Donabroke the demesne 
belonging to the Rector consists of a mansion, and iii. stangs 
of arable land, worth iiis. \vd. per annum. 

Tithes. — The tithes extend over the tovvnlands of Dona- 
broke, Meryon, Smothescort, Balesclatter, the lands of 
Allhalloes, and Bagotrath, worth, together with the tithes of 
fish, altarages, and oblations, xvZ. per annum (beside the 
Curate's stipend and repair of the chancel). Amount, xv/. 
iiis. ivd. 

KILGOBAN. 

Demesne. — The demesne lands appertaining to this 
rectory are ii. acres of arable land, worth xvio?. per annum. 

Tithes The tithes extend over the to wnlands of Kilgoban 

and Jamystown, and are worth iii/. per annum, with altarages 
and oblations (over and above the Curate's stipend and repair 
of the chancel). Amount, iii/. is. ivd. 

The archdeaconry was valued by Inquisition 1 Edward 
VI. at Ixxl xis. ivd per annum, " ultra reprisas." 

With many other particulars of the Archdeacon's posses- 
sions, Mr. Monck Mason observes in a long note to p. 46 of 
his " History " : — " In Donabrook, according to the In- 
quisition of 1546, he possessed a mansion and three stangs of 
arable land ; in 1660, his glebe there was one park and 
three stangs, demised to Mr. William Scott ; it is described 
in a lease, dated 1684, as adjoining to the churchyard of 
Donabrook on the north side, and containing half an acre. 
A survey made about 1750, makes the glebe to contain 2 
roods, 24 perches, besides a garden of 24 perches between it 
and the churchyard, doubted whether part of the glebe or 
not ; the churchyard itself measures 1 rood, 8 perches." 

According to a " Return of the Archdeaconry of Dublin," 
dated 25th January, 1825, and signed by Archdeacon 
Torrens, the annual income of the parish of Donnybrook was 
as follows ; — £180, Tithe-composition ; £18 10s., Dues for 
marriages, etc. ; £40, Mini?ters' money ; and £2 5s., Rents ; 
making a total of £240 1 5s., Irish currency. The total income 

Q 



230 APPENDIX III. 



of the archdeaconry, comprising St. Peter's and St. Kevin's 
(£1,449 12?.), Rathfarnham (£320), Taney (£492), and 
Donnybrook (£240 15s.), amounted to £2,502 7s., Irish 
currency. " There are at present within the archdeaconry 
of Dublin nine churches, numerously and respectably 
attended, viz. St. Peter's, St. Kevin's, St. Stephen's, Rath- 
farnham, Taney, Donnybrook, Booterstown, and Kilgobbin, 
and a Royal Chapel at Irishtown ; and one is about being 
built at Rathmines." 

From the " Fourth Report on Ecclesiastical Revenue and 
Patronage in Ireland" (1837), which furnishes many parti- 
culars of the archdeaconry, the sources of the Archdeacon's 
gross income (exclusive of the sum of £206 15s. 7d. from 
renewal fines, etc.) appear to have been as follows: — 
Minister's money, £1,343 12s. lOf d. ; Tithe-composition of 
Donnybrook parish, £166 3s. Id. ; Surplice and other fees in 
said parish, £13 8s. 8d. ; Tithe-composition of Rathfarnham 
parish, £290 15s. 4jd. ; Surplice and other fees in said parish, 
£4 14s. lOd. ; Tithe-composition of Tawney parish, £415 7s. 
8Jd. ; Surplice and other fees in said parish, £16 Is. lOd. : 
Surplice and other fees in St. Peter's and St. Kevin's parishes, 
£106 13s. 4d. Total £2,356 17s. 8|d. 

The gross annual income of the archdeaconry, in May, 
1851, as given in an authentic MS. statement of that date, 
amounted to £3,027 17s. 6d., viz.— 

Parish of St. Peter. — Ministers' money, £1,887 0s. 1 Jd.; 
Do., by last valuation, £133 0s. Id. ; Rents of premises in 
Kevin-street, Aungier-street, New- street, Camden- street, and 
Wexford-street, £60 0s. 2d. ; Quit-rent on St. Peter's, £l 8s. 
lid. Total, £2,078 lis. 5Jd. 

Parish of Rathfarnham. — Rent-charge, £218 2s. 3d. 

Parish of Taney. — Rent-charge, £311 6s. 9d. ; Glebe- 
rents, £26; Interest on £ , £26. Total, £363 6s. 9d. 

Parish of Donnybrook. — Ministers' money, £39 16s. 
10|d. ; Do. bv new valuation, £197 7s. ; Rent-charge, £124 
lis. 8d. ; Glebe-rents, £6 Is. 6d. Total, £367 17s. OJd. 

Many very heavy deductions were chargeable on the fore- 



NOTES. 231 



going receipts ; and therefore the net income of the arch- 
deaconry was much less than what it might at first sight 
appear to have been. 

In 1851, on the death of Archdeacon Torrens, an order of 
the Privy Council directed that the parishes of St. Peter, St. 
Kevin, and Donnybrook, should be the corps of the arch- 
deaconry, and that Taney and Rathfarnham should be severed 
therefrom, and form distinct parishes. In 1864, on the 
promotion of Archdeacon West to the deanery of St. Patrick's 
and Christ Church, the parish of Donnybrook was severed in 
like manner from the archdeaconry ; but Booterstown was 
left as before. 

According to returns given in " Charles' Irish Church 
Directory," 1868, pp. 66-70, the gross annual income of the 
archdeaconry appears as £1,855, net, £943; Rathfarnham, 
gross, £228, net, £205 ; Taney, gross, £398, net, £282 ; 
and Donnybrook, gross, £382, net £300. Within the 
bounds of the archdeaconry there are twelve churches (includ- 
ing proprietary chapels) ; two in Rathfarnham ; one in 
Taney ; and three in Donnybrook ; making a total of eighteen 
places of worship in these parishes, in connection with the 
United Church of England and Ireland. 

From the " Report of Her Majesty's Commissioners on the 
Revenues and Condition of the Established Church (Ireland), 
1868," much information may be gained. The gross annual 
income of the archdeaconry appears as £1,951, net £1,000 ; 
Rathfarnham, gross £218, net £128 ; Taney, gross £354, 
net £237; and Donnybrook, gross £460, net £166. 
Sundry particulars of Booterstown are given in p. 328 ; 
Donnybrook, p. 334 ; St. John's, Sandymount, p. 340 ; and 
St. Matthew's, Ringsend, p. 346. See also the "Appendix 
to the Report," etc. (1868). 

Note (yy). \c 
Laivy Arabella. Denny. — "This excellent woman," as 



232 APPENDIX III. 



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remarked in Ryan's " Worthies of Ireland," (Loridon, 1822), 
vol. ii. p. 74, " will long live in the records of humanity, as 
the protectress of helpless infancy and penitent frailty. Dis- 
daining the too common pursuits of fashionable life, in the 
round of dissipated pleasures which her fortune and rank 
placed within her reach, and equally disinclined to inactivity, 
she nobly determined to be useful. An opportunity soon 
offered, and the kindness, patience, and perseverance, which 
surmounted obstacles that would have appalled a more ordi- 
nary mind, cannot be recollected without admiration." 

Lady Arabella Denny, second daughter of Thomas Fitz- 
maurice, first Earl of Kerry, was born in the year 1707, and 
having married Arthur Denny, Esq., of Tralee, M.P. for the 
county of Kerry, was left a widow, without issue, in August, 
1742. She passed many years of her useful life at her 
residence, now known as Lisaniskea, Blackrock ; and the 
following account of one who was for a long period a worthy 
parishioner, and a bright ornament of her sex and country, 
cannot fail to prove interesting. She possessed the means 
of effecting a large amount of good, and made a noble use of 
what God committed to her charge. 

Mr. Ryan has thus written respecting her : — 

" By an Act of Geo. II. [passed in 1730], the governors of 
the workhouse of the city of Dublin were obliged to take, 
without exception or limitation, all exposed and deserted 
children under the age of six years.* In time the funds 
became unequal to its support ; not only in consequence of 
the numerous admissions, but from gross mismanagement and 
neglect. This, about the year 1768 [1758?] attracted the 
notice of Lady Denny, and immediately interested her in its 
behalf. She promptly stepped forward, and proposed, as the 
most probable means of restoring its original regularity and 
usefulness, that it should be visited by some ladies of con- 
sequence, in rotation, rightly judging that the wants of young 
children, the negligence of nurses, and the general manage- 

* For a full account of the Foundling Hospital, see Whitelaw and 
Walsh's " History of the City of Dublin," (London, 1818), vol. i. pp. 
578-602. 



NOTES. 233 



meiit of such an institution, fell more within their sphere of 
observation than of any gentlemen, however wise or discern- 
ing they might be. Her offer was accepted ; and she soon 
had many ladies associated with her ; but her visits only 
were punctual and assiduous ; she felt the importance of the 
office she had undertaken, and finding herself gradually 
deserted by her associates, took the whole charge upon her- 
self, and not only devoted her time and attention to the con- 
cern, but supported it by several pecuniary contributions, 
which from time to time were found wanting. She reproved 
the offending, and encouraged the good ; she provided every 
article that became necessary, and engaged the nurses to ful- 
fil their duties with greater tenderness and alacrity (especially 
to the weak and sickly), by suitable rewards. These en- 
deavours were attended with, the happiest success ; the 
numbers of those that had died since the superintendence of 
this admirable woman, had decreased in the proportion of ten 
to one ; and by the economy she had established, many more 
were provided for than before with the same sum ; but the 
undertaking was too extensive for a private purse, however 
liberally opened, to answer all its defalcations. She there- 
fore solicited and obtained a benefaction to the charity from 
His Majesty ; [and] commenced the building of a chapel, to 
which the Earl of Northumberland [Lord Lieutenant] 
subscribed £100, and which stimulated others to follow his 
example. She caused, in 1764, the state of the charity to 
be laid before Parliament, stating the debts remaining unpaid, 
and the necessity of extending the plan, so as fully to 
answer its original design. A committee was appointed, and 
in consequence of its report the following resolutions were 
unanimously agreed to : — 

" ' That for three years past, by the particular and constant 
attention of the Right Hon. Lady Arabella Denny, whose 
direction the officers and servants are ordered to observe, 
everything relative to the management of the children and 
other concerns of the house hath been conducted in the most 
exact and proper manner. 

" ' That by the extraordinary care of the nurses, excited 
by the premiums of the Right Hon. Lady A. D. for retriev- 
ing such of the infants as are sent thither weak and sickly, 
many of their lives have been saved. 

" ' That the thanks of the House be given to the Right 
Hon. Lady A. D. for her extraordinary bounty and charity, 



234 APPENDIX III. 



in promoting the present salutary regulation in the foundling 
side of the work-house of the city of Dublin ; and that Mr. 
Cramer do acquaint her ladyship therewith.' " 

In connection with her exertions for the foundlings it may 
be further mentioned, that in the year 1760 "the thanks of 
the governors of the workhouse of Dublin were presented to 
Lady Arabella Denny for her unremitting attention to the 
foundling children, but particularly for a clock, lately put up 
at her ladyship's expense in the nursery, with the following 
inscription: — 'For the benefit of infants protected by this 
hospital, Lady Arabella presents this clock, to mark, that as 
the children reared by the spoon must have but a small 
quantity of food at a time, it must be offered frequently ; 
for which purpose this clock strikes every twenty minutes, 
at which notice all the infahts that are not asleep must be 
discreetly fed.' "* And in the Freeman's Journal, 20th 
July, 1765, it is stated that "the Right Hon. Lady Arabella 
Denny was complimented with her freedom of said guild [of 
merchants], as a mark of their esteem for her ladyship, for 
her many great charities and constant care of the poor found- 
ling children in the city workhouse ; and Friday being 
Assembly Day, her ladyship was ordered to be presented 
with the freedom of this city [Dublin] in a silver box." 

But her exertions were not confined to deserted children. 
She founded the Magdalen Asylum in Leeson- street, Dublin, 
which was opened on the 11th of June, 1766, and was the 
first institution of the kind in Ireland ; and it is gratifying to 
learn that notwithstanding the many other strong claims on 
the benevolent, this most valuable charity continues to 
prosper. Dean Bayly, who preached " A Sermon on the 
Opening of the Chapel of the Magdalen Asylum for Female 
Penitents, 31st January, 1768," ends his dedication of it to 
Lady Arabella with these words : — " I shall therefore 
conclude, not with frothy compliments, but a sincere prayer, 

* Edwards' " Cork Remembrancer " (Cork, 1792), p. 196. 



NOTES. 



that you may be as successful in saving the souls of sinners, 
as you have always been in saving the lives of innocents." 
A sermon by the same preacher " on the Opening of the New 
Chapel of the Magdalen Asylum, 18th March, 1770," is also 
in print ; and the appendix contains many curious details of 
the early history of this " truly Christian institution."* 

In the Kerry Magazine, 1855, p. 191 (edited by the 
late Rev. Arthur B. Rowan, subsequently Archdeacon of 
Ardfert, and a well-known scholar and divine), there is an 
anecdote of two noble ladies, Lady Arabella Denny, and her 
niece, Lady Anne Fitzgerald, daughter of William Fitz- 
maurice, second Earl of Kerry, and wife of Maurice Fitz- 
gerald, Knight of Kerry. 

11 These ladies," says the writer of the article, " both of 
lively tempers, were of very different characters. Lady 
Arabella Denny, memorable as the foundress of the ' Magdalen 
Asylum in Leeson- street, Dublin,' was as distinguished for 
meekness, piety, and humility, as Lady Anne Fitzgerald, for 
(with much kindness of disposition) a very sufficient esti- 
mation of her social.position and long line of ancestral descent. 

u Both ladies, being adepts in genealogy, would often 
discuss family anecdotes and antecedents ; and the following 
characteristic sentiments are handed down to us as having 
been more than once exchanged between them. 

"Lady Anne — ' Lady Arabella! you really surprise me at 
times, I do believe you have no family pride : now, I wouldn't 
be without it for the world.' 

" Lady Arabella — ' As I live ! my dear Lady Anne, I am 
prouder of my grandfather [Sir William] Petty's struggles, 
and industry, and success in life, than of all the honours of 
the House of Lixnaw.' 

" Lady Anne (rising in great indignation)—' May I die ! 
Lady Arabella, if I would not rather have one drop of 
Geraldyn blood in my veins, than the value of the whole 
Down Survey, or of all the iron your grandfather ever 
smelted, in my pockets.' 

" We must leave our readers to form their own estimate of 
the relative common sense of these near relatives. There can 

* See also Whitelaw and Walsh's " History," vol. i!., pp. 770-773. 



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be little doubt which of them inherited moat of the sentiments 
of their common maternal ancestor." 

In the year 1783 John Wesley visited Lady Arabella ; and 
he has not failed to mention the circumstance in his journal. 
The passage, as given in his " Works " (London, 1810), vol. 
v. p. 383, is worthy of being transcribed : — 

" Monday, 5 [May], We prepared for going on board 
the packet ; but as it delayed sailing, on Tuesday 6, I waited 
on Lady Arabella Denny, at the Blackrock, four miles from 
Dublin. It is one of the pleasantest spots I ever saw. The 
garden is everything in miniature. On one side is a grove 
with serpentine walks ; on the other, a little meadow and a 
green-house, with a study (which she calls her chapel), 
hanging over the sea. Between these is a broad walk, 
leading down almost to the edge of the water ; along which 
run two narrow walks commanding the quay, one above the 
other. But it cannot be long before this excellent lady will 
remove to a nobler paradise." 

The hour of her departure to " a nobler paradise " at 
length arrived. After a widowhood of almost fifty years, 
spent in the active service of her Lord and Master, she pass- 
ed from time into eternity, and entered into rest. In the 
Dublin Chronicle, 20th March, 1792, there is merely this 
brief announcement of her death (which had been erroneously 
reported, with some particulars, in the Gentleman's Magazine, 
1785, part i., p. 235) :— " Died on Sunday [the 18th], at 
her house, at the Blackrock, Lady Arabella Denny, aged 85." 
In the same newspaper, 3rd April, the following paragraph 
appeared : — " Thursday evening a hearse drawn by six 
horses, which contained the corpse of the truly pious and be- 
nevolent Lady Arabella Denny, passed through Limerick, in 
order to her being interred in the family-vault at Tralee. . . 
We hear that Barry Denny, jun., Esq., comes in as heir for 
the principal part of the estate of that late ornament of 
human nature, Lady Arabella Denny." And in the Kerry 
Magazine, 1856, p. 12, in an article, entitled " Tralee 
Seventy Years Ago," we have this account of her funeral : — 



NOTES. 237 



" About the same time, the remains of this estimable lady 
(in a word, one of the most amiable women in Ireland), who 
died in Dublin, arrived in Tralee, of a summer's Sunday- 
evening, conveyed in the first hearse that ever reached Tralee, 
marked l Fowler, Dublin.' The corpse was privately waked 
in the church that night, and interred next day in Tralee 
Church, in the Denny vault, attended by a large assemblage 
of all classes. The most remarkable circumstance attending 
the funeral was, the ' wailing of the twelve mourners.' These 
were twelve widows, who, each, received two suits of black 
yearly, and donations at festivals, from her ladyship, since 
the death [in 1742] of Colonel Arthur, her husband." 

Mr. Ryan concludes his account by stating that he " can- 
not learn the exact time of her ladyship's decease " ; but as 
the reader of this article has seen, a little research would have 
gained him the information. 

Through the Dublin Chronicle, 10th April, 1792, the 
public received the following notice : — 

" The Royal Irish Academy, at their next meeting, pur- 
pose to offer a prize medal, value 100 guineas, for the best 
monody on the death of the late Lady Arabella Denny. Six 
months are to be given for the above performance. That 
esteemed lady's virtues and angelic life certainly afford an 
opportunity for touching the most delicate keys of the human 
heart." 

A " Monody on the Death of Lady Arabella Denny," by 
John Macaulay, Esq , M.R.I.A., appeared (8vo., 1792); and 
in the Dublin Chronicle, 22nd September, some lines " by a 
Magdalen," of which these are portion : — 

M By all lamented, but by us the most, 

Whose wand'ring souls your bounty did reclaim, 
"Wben on the world's uncertain ocean tost, 
When lost to friends, to honour, and to fame." 

Note (zz). 

James Digges La Touche, Esq. — In pp. 29, 30 (where 
the inscription on the monumental tablet in Booterstown 
Church is given, with a reference to Mr. Sillery's sermon), 



238 APPENDIX III. 



mention has been made of Mr. La Touche, the eminent Dublin 
banker. But the late Dr. Ur wick's interesting volume, 
entitled " Biographic Sketches of the late James Digges 
La Touche, Esq.," has since appeared ; and a few additional 
particulars of a worthy parishioner, which were not then 
within the reach of the writer of these pages, will prove 
acceptable. 

" More than forty years have passed by," wrote Dr. 
Urwick in his preface, " since what was mortal of James 
Digges La Touche was laid in the Garden of the Capuchins, 
not far from St. Patrick's Cathedral, in the city of Dublin. 
He died when comparatively a young man. But he lived 
long enough to establish for himself a name of precious fame 
in Ireland, while personal moral worth, combined with 
patriotic activity, which seemed to know no limit but that of 
power, are held dear among her people. I have endeavoured 
to present a general view of Mr. La Touche's career from its 
beginning to its close, as what it truly was — .' the path of 
the just ' — as l the shining light.' I also wished that he 
should be seen in the various phases under which he appeared 
in the different circumstances and engagements through 
which he passed. And I have sought to make him the frank 
exponent of himself, by quotations from his letters and other 
manuscripts. ... As Mr. La Touche was, from early 
years, an example of earnest piety in devotedness to Christ, 
his life will prove a compensating study for young men, 
particularly those in our colleges, or embarked in professional 
or mercantile pursuits. The faithful Christian, walking 
humbly with God from day to day, cannot fail to be at home 
in communing with the spirit of one who, while ' in the 
world,' a man of education, position, and business activity, 
was l not of the world,' but had his ' affection set on things 
above.' Earnest workers for others' weal will find his heart 
beating in full accord with the same noble purpose, holding 
on continuously, yet punctual in all home duties, and prompt 
to meet every secular claim as one of the merchant princes 



NOTES. 239 



of our city. . . . Indeed, I think the instances must be 
rare in which intelligent men of every class will not be better 
prepared for waging and winning the great battle of life — 
' the good fight of faith ' — by making themselves acquainted 
with the late excellent, honoured, and eminently useful, 
James Digges La Touche. Besides the interest which at- 
taches to himself personally, may be mentioned his Huguenot 
ancestry,* the state of religion in Ireland at his entrance upon 
life, the share he took in the advancement of Evangelical 
truth, the great questions of domestic and national education 
on which he deeply thought, and the various Christianizing 
and philanthropic projects in which he took part, in addition 
to what was emphatically his life-work — the Secretariat of 
the Sunday School Society. Upon these points more or less 
that may be relied on will be found in the volume, together 
with allusions to some of his worthy fellow- workers, and to 
the peculiar circumstances of his times." Merely a few 
particulars shall be gleaned for these pages. 

Of Mr. La Touche's father, who purchased the mansion 
known as Sans Souci> Booterstown (where he resided for 
several years), and who died 7th November, 1803, the fol- 
lowing obituary record appeared in Faulkner's Dublin 
Journal of the 13th : — 

" Died, on Tuesday morning, at his house in [St.] Stephen's 
Green, William Digges La Touche, Esq. — a man whose life 
was a continued scene of unsullied purity and Christian 
virtue ; in whose bosom charity, delighted, dwelt ; by whom 
the widow's tears were wiped away, and the orphan's sorrows 
stilled ; whose universal benevolence was ever active in 
pouring oil into the wounds of affliction, and binding up the 
care-worn heart. Possessed of an ample fortune, acquired 
in a foreign clime by strict uprightness and with the poor 
man's blessing, he considered it as a boon from Heaven, and 
so applied it that, whether in his native land, in the West 
Indies, or in Arabia's sands, the name of La Touche shall be 

* In Smiles' " Huguenots," etc. (London, 1869), p. 376, an account 
of his family is given. The family of Mr. D'Olier, whose name appears 
in this article, is mentioned in the same volume, p. 383 . 



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remembered with gratitude and love, while mercy and true 
Christianity (to whose blest abodes his spirit hath departed) 
demand the tribute of thankfulness and praise." 

Mrs. William Digges La Touche, besides her attention to 
domestic duties, was much engaged in works of general 
benevolence. That in which she was most interested was the 
Magdalen Asylum, in Leeson-street. Through many years 
she devoted to it her unwearied and effective attention, long 
working for it in conjunction with Lady Arabella Denny, 
and then filling the honourable — but in her case not merely 
honorary — position of its Vice-Patroness. 

Their eldest son, the subject of this notice, was born 28th 
August, 1788. By the entrance-registry of Trinity College, 
Dublin, it appears that " James Digges La Touche, son of 
William Digges La Touche, entered as a Fellow-Commoner, 
on the second day of October, 1803, at four minutes past 
Twelve o'clock,"— the statement " at four minutes past 
Twelve o'clock " signifying that he had won the fourth place 
at the entrance-examination.* Having lost his father a few 
weeks after, there was a delay in his College course ; but 
when once fairly at work, his progress was a splendid success, 
and in 1808 he gained the Gold Medal. Resuming his en- 
gagements at the Bank in Castle-street, in which he had 
held a clerkship, he married in September, 1809, Isabella, 
eldest daughter of Sir James L. Cotter, Bart., M.P., of 
Rockforest, Co. Cork, by whom he had issue. In December 
of the same year, the Hibernian Sunday School Society 
(subsequently known as the Sunday School Society for 
Ireland) having been formed, he was appointed Secretary — 
" an Honorary Secretary, who would not merely honour the 
Society by permitting his name to stand in that relation to 
it, but who would also serve it and honour himself by 
faithfully doing the chief work of the position." In truth, 
notwithstanding the pressure of his many secular engage- 

* See Notes and Queries, 4th S. iv. 510 ; iv. 83. 



NOTES. 241 



ments, he was unwearied in works of Christian usefulness. 
By his exertions in conjunction with other gentlemen, includ- 
ing Mr. Alexander, of Seamount, and Mr. D'Olier, of Col- 
legnes, the district of Booterstown was formed into a parish 
separate from Donnybrook in 1821, and the present parish 
church erected, and opened for public worship in May, 1824. 
From the prominent part which Mr. La Touche took in this 
undertaking, and his active co-operation for the good of the 
neighbourhood, he acquired the honourable title of "The Father 
of the Parish." But his life on earth was not to be of long 
duration. Having suffered for some days from an attack of 
fever, he died at Sans Souci, 13th December, 1826 ; and at 
the early age of thirty- eight years, his useful career was 
brought to a close. 

Note (aaa). 

The Right Hon. James Fitzgerald. — This eminent 
lawyer and politician, of whom mention has been made in p. 
95, was born in the year 1741, and belonged to a branch of 
the family of the White Knight, seated in the county of Cork. 
In 1769 he was called to the Irish Bar, and in a short time 
attained high professional honours. Having been appointed a 
Serjeant-at-law in 1784, he was promoted to the dignity of 
King's Prime Serjeant (Narrator Regis) in 1787, which 
office he resigned in 1799. He became a Member of the 
Irish Parliament in 1772, and was the first to propose a bill 
for the relief of Roman Catholics, successfully carried in 1782 ; 
by which they were freed from some of the severest re- 
strictions of the Penal code. In 1784 he was appointed a 
Privy Councillor in Ireland. After the Legislative Union of 
Great Britain and Ireland, which he most strenuously 
opposed, he was returned five successive times to the 
Imperial Parliament as the representative of Ennis. His 
eloquence was of the purest style, and the tone of his voice so 
harmonious, that he was called " the silver-tongued Prime 



242 APPENDIX III. 



Serjeant." The principles which he had embraced in his 
youth he cherished in his age ; and he retired from public 
life, having borne a distinguished part in the political 
history of his country, and having been a Member of the 
House of Commons in ten successive parliaments. 

He married, in the year 1782, Catherine, second daughter of 
the Rev. Henry Vesey, who was cousin-germ an to John, 
first Lord Knapton, the great-grandfather of the present 
Viscount De Vesci ; they both being grandsons of John 
Vesey, D.D., Archbishop of Tuam, who died 28th March, 
1716. This lady was created an Irish peeress in 1826, by 
the title of Baroness Fitzgerald and Vesey, and died at 
Herbert House (now Cherbury), Booterstown-avenue, 5th 
January, 1832. Mr. Fitzgerald likewise died at Herbert 
House, in which he had resided for many years, 22 nd January, 
1835, having had three sons and four daughters. Of these, 
the elder surviving son was the Right Hon. William Vesey 
Fitzgerald, second Baron Fitzgerald and Vesey, on whom a 
barony of the United Kingdom was conferred in 1835 ; the 
younger son, the Hon. and Very Rev. Henry Vesey Fitzgerald, 
LL.D., Dean of Kilmore, succeeded his brother in the Irish 
title, in 1843, and died in 1860, without male issue ; the 
oldest surviving daughter married, in 1809, Sir Ross Mahon, 
Bart.; and the second " at Booterstown, in 1814," John 
Leslie Foster, Esq. (eldest son of William Foster, D.D., 
Bishop of Clogher, and nephew of Lord Oriel), sometime 
M.P. for the University of Dublin, and appointed in 1830 a 
Baron of the Exchequer in Ireland. 

A memoir of Mr. Fitzgerald, with an engraving, appeared 
in Walker's Hibernian Magazine, January, 1800. "This 
gentleman," as therein stated, " held high situations in the 
government of his native country for several years, and until 
a legislative union between that kingdom and Great Britain 
was proposed by the Minister ; a measure which Mr. Fitzgerald 
deeming prejudicial to the best interests of Ireland, exerted 
every nerve to oppose, and • all his honours, all his trusts 



NOTES. 243 



resign'd,' retiring, when opposition proved fruitless, into private 
life." Sir Jonah Barrington, in his " Rise and Fall of the 
Irish Nation'' (Paris, 1833), p. 415, gives his testimony in 
these words : — " No man in Ireland was more sincere in his 
opposition to a Union than Mr. Fitzgerald ; he was the 
first who declared his intention of writing its history. He 
afterwards relinquished the design, and urged me to com- 
mence it — he handed me the prospectus of what he intended, 
and no man in Ireland knew the occult details of that 
proceeding better than he. He is the father of Mr. Vesey 
Fitzgerald ; had a very good fortune, and was one of the 
most successful and persevering lawyers that ever practised in 
Ireland.'' It is not to be presumed that if now alive, he 
would advocate the repeal of the measure to which he was so 
strongly opposed. 

Note (bbb). 

Lord Herbert of Lea. — When announcing the decease 
of Lord Herbert of Lea (the justly-esteemed proprietor of 
large estates within these parishes, and far better known 
amongst us as the Hon. Sidney Herbert than by the title 
which he enjoyed only for a few short months), a writer in 
the Times, 3rd August, 1861, gave expression to the gene- 
ral feeling when he said that " death yesterday cut off in 
Lord Herbert one whom nature had intended for a Prime 
Minister. It is certain that, had he lived, he would before 
long have attained that honour, if not by virtue of extra- 
ordinary intellectual qualities, yet by force of character, by 
charm of manner, and by aptitude for business. He was one 
of the most winning statesmen of his time, and, by aid of a 
great social faculty, rose above men who were on other 
grounds superior to him. What was most remarkable in him 
was his anxiety to do everything well. His labours were 
unceasing: he never spared himself; he gave up life and 
luxury for toil and trouble ; and, if he did not die in harness, 



244 APPENDIX III. 



it was in harness that he earned his death. It was not 
merely in the fulfilment of duty that he was thus self- 
sacrificing : he was equally unsparing of himself in the 
discharge of those social observances which men usually 
bend to the convenience or humour of the moment. With 
great manliness of character there was curiously intermingled 
an extraordinary desire to please. He studied and strove to 
please, and heightened by all the arts of style the natural 
attractiveness of his character. He had in his favour every 
social advantage — high birth, a great estate, a happy home, 
a handsome person, irresistible manners, many accomplish- 
ments, a ready address. He made the most of all this ; so 
that his good nature seemed to be always overflowing, his 
frankness to be always unbounded, and his power of pleasing 
to be always undivided. So he won upon all comers, and 
won most upon those who knew him best. Men would give 
up to Sidney Herbert what they would grant to no one 
else. He inspired no jealousy ; for his superiority was less 
the result of brilliant parts than of that indefinable charm 
from which there is no appeal. Add his power of work and 
of public speaking to his rare power of making friends, and 
you have the possible Prime Minister. That power and love 
of work, we grieve to say, has killed him, as it has killed 
many another statesman, before his time. He gave up the 
enjoyments of wealth and a brilliant home for the great game 
of politics, and has been known to pass a whole summer and 
autumn in London with only perhaps a day and a night at 
Wilton. He drove a good constitution too hard, and at 
Christmas last began to feel that sentence of death had been 
passed upon him. There is some reason to think that even 
then, had he given up all work, he might have recovered. 
All that he did was to leave the House of Commons, and to 
try the comparative repose of the peerage, still retaining his 
office as Minister for War. The consequence has' been fatal. 
He dies of over- work at the age of fifty-one — a great loss to 
society, a still greater loss to his party." 



NOTES. 245 



A brief memoir of Lord Herbert appeared in tbe number 
of the newspaper from which we have quoted, and a further 
article in the next number but one ; and also a " Sketch of 
the Public Life of Lord Herbert" in Frazer's Magazine, 
February, 1862 (reprinted in an octavo pamphlet, Salisbury, 
1862, pp. 40); but the following particulars from the 
" Imperial Dictionary of Universal Biography," published 
during his life-time, are preferred :— 

" Herbert, Sidney, Lord Herbert of Lea, Eight Hon- 
ourable, Secretary of State for the War Department, son of 
the eleventh Earl of Pembroke by his second wife, daughter 
of the Count Woronzow, was born at Richmond in 1810. 
Educated at Harrow, and at Oriel College, Oxford (where 
in 1831 he took a fourth in classics), Mr. Herbert entered 
the House of Commons in 1832, and in the Conservative 
interest, as Member for South Wilts, which he continued to 
represent until his elevation to the peerage. His official 
career began in 1835 as Under-Secretary to the Board of 
Control in Sir Robert Peel's first Ministry. Active in his 
opposition to the Melbourne Ministry in its last years, he 
was appointed Secretary of the Admiralty in Sir Robert 
Peel's Ministry of 1841. In February, 1845, he became 
Secretary-at- War, and, throwing in his political fortunes with 
his chief, disappeared from official life after the repeal of the 
Corn Laws. In the interval he distinguished himself by 
various philanthropic efforts for the amelioration of the con- 
dition of the poor, notably of the distressed needlewomen, in 
which latter instance he was powerfully aided by his wife 
(daughter of Major-General Ashe a Court, Amington Hall, 
Warwickshire, and niece of the first Lord Heytesbury), whom 
he married in 1846. On the formation of Lord Aberdeen's 
Coalition-Ministry, he returned with his leading Peelite 
friends to power, and resumed his post of Secretary-at-War. 
On the resignation of Lord Aberdeen, he accepted the office 
of Secretary of State for the Colonies under Lord Palmerston, 
but resigned it soon afterwards, when the new Premier ac- 
cepted the select committee of inquiry into the state of the 
army before Sebastopol, moved for by Mr. Roebuck : a 
motion the success of which had induced Lord Aberdeen to 
resign. On the formation of Lord Palmerston's second 
Ministry, he became Secretary for the War Department. 

R 



246 APPENDIX III. 



To him are due the reorganization of the Army Medical De- 
partment and of the Militia, the organization of the Volun- 
teer-corps, the more rapid and efficient fortification of our 
dockyards, the extension of the Armstrong-gun factory, and 
the reorganization of Sandhurst. An excellent article on the 
sanitary organization of the army which he contributed to 
the Westminster Review in January, 1859, and which has 
since been republished in a separate form, bespeaks his con- 
siderate care for the health and comfort of the common sol- 
dier. His labours both in the House of Commons and in his 
office had so impaired his health that he was forced to resign 
his seat in the House ; and just before the commencement of 
the session of Parliament in 1861 he was raised to the peer- 
age with the title of Lord Herbert of Lea. His lordship is 
heir-presumptive to his half-brother [Robert Henry], the 
present Earl of Pembroke." 

In the providence of God, however, it was otherwise 
ordained. On the 2nd of August, 1861, Lord Herbert of 
Lea breathed his last at Wilton House, Salisbury ; and his 
remains were deposited in the family- vault beneath the 
chancel of the magnificent Byzantine church at Wilton, which 
(like the church of St. John the Evangelist, Sandymount) 
owes its existence to his munificence. The roll of his 
charities would weary the patience of any reader. He was 
succeeded in his title and estates by his eldest son, George 
Robert Charles (born 6th July, 1850), who, having sub- 
sequently succeeded his uncle, the twelfth Earl, in his titles 
and estates, 25th April, 1862, is now the thirteenth Earl of 
Pembroke and Montgomery, and the representative of a noble 
line of ancestors. 

An ancient chronicler of British worthies thus sums up 
his estimate of Philip Sydney : " Certain it is that he was a 
noble and a matchless gentleman, of whom it may be justly 
written, without hyperbole or fiction, that he seemed born to 
do that only which he went about. To speak more of him 
were to speak less." These words well stamp the later 
kinsman of that old " crown and flower " of English man- 
hood ; and, as one has rightly observed, the final lines of the 



NOTES. 247 



elder Sidney's epitaph would fit with curious felicity his 
tablet whom we have lost : 

" Heaven hath his soul, the arts his fame, 
All soldiers his grief, the world his good name." 



Note (ccc). 

Field-Marshal Viscount Gough. — For many years 
Lord Gough resided constantly at St. Helen's, Booterstown, 
and not to insert in these pages a biographical notice of so 
highly distinguished a parishioner would be an omission. 

The Right Hon. Hugh, Viscount Gough, of Goojerat, in the 
Punjaub, and of the city of Limerick (1849), and Baron 
Gough, of Chinkean-foo, in China, and of Maharajpore and 
the Sutlej, in the East Indies, in the peerage of the United 
Kingdom (1846), and a Baronet (1842), K.P. (1857), 
G.C.B. (1841), G.C.S.I. (1861), P.C. (1859), a Field-Mar- 
shal in the army (1862), Colonel-in- Chief of the 60th Rifles 
(1854), and Colonel of the Royal Horse Guards (1855) ; 
born 3rd November, 1779 ; married, 3rd June, 1807, 
Frances Maria, daughter of Lieutenant- General Edward 
Stephens, R.A. ; and by her,* who died at St. Helen's, 15th 
March, 1863, had issue, one son, the present Viscount 
Gough (born 18th January, 1816), and four daughters. 

The following brief memoir of Lord Gough appeared, 
during his life- time, in the " Imperial Dictionary of Universal 
Biography * : — 

" Gough, Hugh, Viscount, a brave and distinguished 
British commander, the youngest son of the late Lieu- 
tenant-Colonel George Gough, was born at Woodstown, in 

* In 1866 a monumental tablet was erected in Booterstown Church, 
with this incription : — 

'* In memory of Frances Maria Viscountess Gough, born 9th August, 
1787, died at St. Helen's, 15th March, 1863. 

* When the fruit is brought forth, immediately He putteth in the 
sickle, because the harvest is come.' 

* Blessed are the pure in heart ; for they shall see God.' w 



248 APPENDIX III. 



the county of Limerick, November 3, 1779. The family- 
had been settled in Ireland since 1627, when Francis Gough 
was appointed Bishop of Limerick. At the age of thirteen 
Hugh obtained a commission in the Limerick Militia, whence 
he was soon after transferred as lieutenant to the 119th Regi- 
ment of the line. On the disbanding of that regiment he 
passed into the 78th Highlanders, which he joined at the 
Cape of Good Hope, and was present at the taking of the 
Dutch fleet in Saldanha Bay. He next served in the 87th, 
in the West Indies, taking part in the attack upon Porto 
Rico and Surinam. He was now a thorough soldier, and, as 
major, had the temporary command of his regiment then 
before Oporto, and took an active part in the brilliant opera- 
tions by which Soult was dislodged. At Talavera, while 
commanding, he was severely wounded, and his horse was 
shot under him ; and he was recommended, in consequence 
of his distinguished bravery on the occasion, for a brevet 
lieutenant-colonelcy. The share which his gallant corps had 
in the success of the victory at Barossa is upon record. Gough, 
seeing symptons of wavering, charged at them, and drove the 
enemy before him. ' The animating charges of the 87th,' 
writes General Graham in his despatch, * were most distin- 
guished.' They captured from the 8th Regiment of French 
Light Infantry an eagle with a collar of gold. In the de- 
fence of Tarifa, the post of danger, the portcullis- tower and 
rampart were assigned to Gough and the 87th. They routed 
their assailants ; Gough, with characteristic bravery, flinging 
away his scabbard, and his Irish soldiers fighting to the 
national airs of ' Garryowen ' and ' Patrick's Day,' played by 
the orders of a chief who so thoroughly understood their tem- 
per. ' The conduct of Colonel Gough and the 87th,' 
says the military despatch, 4 exceeded all praise.' Gough 
next distinguished himself at the battle of Vittoria, where his 
regiment captured the only marshal's baton taken during the 
war — that of Jourdan. He was wounded at the battle of 
Nivelle, and received the Order of Charles III. from the King 
of Spain. At the close of the war Sir Hugh returned to his 
native land to enjoy a temporary repose, but was appointed 
to the command of the 22nd Regiment, then stationed in the 
south of Ireland. At the same time he discharged the duties 
of a magistrate, during a period of great excitement and dis- 
turbance, in a manner that won him the respect and confi- 
dence of all classes. In 1830 he was promoted to the rank 
of Major- General, and in 1837 was again called into active 



NOTES. 249 



service, being given the command of the Mysore division of 
the Indian army. From that he was despatched to China 
in 1840, to take the command of the troops there. This 
career was a glorious one. He stormed the heights above 
Canton, and those above Shanghai ; he captured Amoy, 
Chusan, Chapoo, Woosung, and Shanghai. Finally, he 
meditated a great and bold enterprise, which he carried out 
with entire success. Seeing that the great canal, twelve 
hundred miles in length, that led to the Imperial city, was 
the channel through which the whole internal commerce of 
the country flowed, he, with his gallant comrade, Admiral 
Sir William Parker, took the fleet and army two hundred 
miles up an unknown river to the intersection of the canal, 
and attacked the town of Ching-Kian-Foo, which, after a 
gallant resistance by the Tartars, was taken. The result, as 
expected, was to cut off all supplies from the capital. The 
treaty of Nankin followed in 1842. The war was ended, 
and the British troops withdrew, exacting twenty-one millions 
of dollars as the price of peace. Sir Hugh was rewarded for 
his services with the Grand Cross of the Bath, and was made 
a Baronet, and received the thanks of Parliament. On the 
11th of August, 1843, he was invested with the chief com- 
mand in India. Here he displayed promptitude, decision, 
and energy throughout the war ; achieving the great victory 
of Maharajpoor and Puniar, and thus uniting the two wings 
of the Indian army under the walls of Gwalior. His next 
operations were in the Punjaub in 1845 against the Sikhs. 
On the 18th December, acting with Sir Henry Hardinge, who 
had succeeded Lord Ellenborough, he defeated the enemy at 
Moodkee, taking seventeen guns ; and on the 21st attacked 
the enemy's entrenched camp at Ferozepore, which was taken, 
with ammunition, stores, and seventy pieces of cannon. Then 
followed the glorious and crowning victory of the Sobraon on 
the Sutlej, the route of the Sikhs, and the peace dictated be- 
fore the walls of Lahore. For these services Gough was 
again thanked by both Houses of the Legislature, and in 
1846 created Baron Gough. But the war broke out again 
in 1848, and once more Lord Gough had to take the field. 
Brave, bold, and energetic as ever, he engaged his foe at 
Chillianwallah in January, 1849. The plan of the battle 
obtained the approval of the Duke of Wellington ; and, 
though accidents frustrated its complete success, the enemy 
received a serious check, and precipitately retreated during 
the night across the Sutlej. While no one dared to im- 



250 APPENDIX III. 



peach the bravery of Lord Gough, there were not wanting 
those at home who pronounced him rash, and thus assailed 
his reputation as a general. Sir Charles Napier was ordered 
to replace him ; but before the general arrived in India, 
Gough had completely established his reputation by the 
splendid victory of Goojerat, which put an end to the war, 
and justified the words of his farewell address, 'That which 
Alexander attempted, the British army have accomplished/ 
Upon Lord Gough's return to England the Houses of Par- 
liament again publicly thanked him, adding to the title of 
viscount the substantial reward of a pension of £2,000 a- 
year ; a similar sum being awarded by the East India Com- 
pany Service. In 1854 he was made Colonel-in-Chief of the 
60th Rifles; and in 1855 appointed to the colonelcy of the 
Royal Horse Guards. He was at the same time made a 
freeman of the city of London, D.C.L. of the University of 
Oxford, and LL.D. of that of Dublin. In 1856 he was 
chosen by Her Majesty as representative in the Crimea on 
the occasion of the investiture of a large number of our own 
and the French generals with the Grand Cross and other de- 
corations of the Bath. In 1857 he was created a Knight of 
St. Patrick, being the first who was not an Irish peer that 
received that honour ; and in 1859 he was made a Privy 
Councillor of England. Lord Gough commanded in more 
general actions than any officer of the age, the Duke of 
Wellington only excepted." 

In the second volume of the " Remains of the Rev. Samuel 
O'Sullivan, D.D." (Dublin, 1853), pp. 223-258, there is a 
biographical sketch of Lord Gough, reprinted from the Dublin 
University Magazine, from which, if space permitted, many 
extracts might be made ; but merely the concluding para- 
graph, which, following Wordsworth's sublime conception of 
" The Happy Warrior," forcibly expressed the general feeling, 
shall be given : — "Go, then, grey-headed warrior, to thy 
happy retirement, not more full of years than of virtues ; 
with all 

• That should accompany old age — 
Honour, love, obedience, troops of friends.* 

May the evening of thy days be as peaceful as the morning 



NOTES. 251 



was busy and honourable, and the noontide glorious ! May 
others catch from thine example how Christian excellence is 
compatible with military renown ; how the man who has 
learned to govern himself is ever the best fitted for governing 
others ; and how the Sovereign is ever best served by him 
s, in the truest sense of the word, the servant of his 
God ! Mayest thou long be spared to the family by whom 
thou art loved and honoured, to teach thy children and thy 
children's children how to live and how to die as best becomes 
the British soldier !" 

All this was fulfilled to the letter in the case of Lord 
At his residence, St. Helen's, Booterstown, he peace- 
fully expired, 2nd March, 1869, in the ninetieth year of his 
His funeral, though private, and devoid of all military 
display, was very largely attended on the morning of the 
9th ; and his remains were laid beside those of Lady Gough, 
who had died six years before, in the family-vault in the 
churchyard of the adjoining parish of Stillorgan. 

The following extract from a sermon on Lam. iii. 24-26, 
31-33, which was preached on the Sunday after Lord Gough's 
death, and has been published in the Church of England 
Magazine, vol. lxvi. pp. 296-299 (1st May, 1869), may 
not be out of place : — 

11 A sad. though not unexpected occurrence in our own im- 
mediate neighbourhood within the past week renders the sub- 
ject of affliction — I mean, affliction under the stroke of death 
— peculiarly well-suited for our meditation upon this 
Sabbath-day. Amidst the bitterness of some trials which 
have befallen us, we have very good reason to feel deeply 
thankful to our gracious God for the tenderness of his deal- 
vards us. Few. comparatively few, members of our 
congregation have for some time past been summoned hence, 
to be no more seen on earth ! We have heard of many dis- 
tant and affecting deaths, of the heavy trials and afflictions 
of others ; but. through the tender compassion of a forbearing 
and protecting God. we have heard of these things merely by 
the bearing of the ear ; our eyes have not been forced to see 
them ; and, while death has abruptly terminated the pro- 



252 APPENDIX III. 



ceedings of many in other quarters, we have been permitted 
to meet Sabbath after Sabbath, to learn more and more of 
what pertains to the kingdom of heaven. One, however, 
in whose behalf we here offered up our earnest and heart- 
felt prayers on the last Sabbath-day, has been taken from 
amongst us. Long, unusually long, was he spared to his 
country, his family, and his friends. Until prevented by the 
inevitable infirmities of age, he was to be seen regularly 
amongst us, offering his prayers and praises unto God, and 
showing forth in his own person, as I need scarcely remind 
any one of you, the beautiful example of a real Christian 
soldier. He has gone to his rest ! No longer engaged in 
the busy scenes of life, he is now, we fondly trust, enjoying 
the blessed consummation of the prayer so forcibly expressed 
in Cowper's hymn— 

* Oh ! for a closer walk with God, 

A calm and heavenly frame ; 

A light to shine upon the road 

That leads me to the Lamb I* 

. . . I might say very much of him, from whom I have 
through several years experienced no little kindness, and the 
loss of whom as a parishioner I must deplore ; but I for- 
bear. What is our loss is his gain. His honourable career 
on earth is at an end ; and in the flesh we shall see his face 
no more. But it is a source of great consolation to all, and 
especially to those connected with him by earthly ties, whom 
he has left behind, to feel, that so long spared to his family 
and friends, and beloved and venerated by them, he taught 
his children, and his children's children, how to live, and (not 
upon his death-bed, but throughout his lengthened span of 
life) how to die, as best becomes the British soldier." 

There is a fine portrait of Lord Gough in the possession of 
the Senior United Service Club, London, painted by Mr. 
(now Sir) Francis Grant, and engraved by Lupton. The 
** Despatches of Yiscount Hardinge, Lord Gough, and Sir 
Harry Smith, Bart, on the War in India," have been pub- 
lished in an octavo volume (second edition, London, 1846). 






NOTES. 



253 




Note (ddd). 

The Blackrock Township. 
— As mentioned in p. 211, the 
Lord Lieutenant issued his order 
for the " The Towns' Improve- 
ment (Ireland) Act, 1854 " (17 
& 18 Vict. c. 103), to be applied 
to the town of Blackrock, and 
the 7th November, 1860, was 
appointed for the commence- 
ment of its operation therein. 
Soon after an extension of the 
beneficial effects of this measure was desired ; and " whereas 
the districts of Monkstown and Booterstown, in the baronies 
of Dublin and Rathdown, and county of Dublin, adjoin to the 
present Blackrock Township [as constituted in 1860], and 
comprise several villages, and are large, populous, and im- 
proving districts, and the population thereof has of late years 
greatly increased, and is increasing ; and whereas it would 
conduce to the health and welfare of the inhabitants of the 
districts of Blackrock, Monkstown, and Booterstown, and 
would be of public advantage, if the districts were formed 
into one township, and provision were made for the lighting, 
paving, sewering, draining, cleansing, supplying with water, 
and otherwise improving and regulating of the township, 
and if 'The Towns' Improvement (Ireland) Act, 1854,' 
were put in force in the whole township, as is by this Act 
provided ; and whereas the objects of this Act cannot be 
attained without the authority of Parliament,'' an Act (26 
& 27 Vict. c. 121) "for the Improvement of Blackrock, 
Monkstown, and Booterstown," etc., was passed 13th July, 
1863. The operation of this Act, which is known as 
" The Blackrock Township Act, 1863," commenced the 1st 
September following, and has been attended with very good 
results, as evidenced by the improved appearance of the district. 



254 APPENDIX III. 



The limits of the Act, and the boundary of the Township 
to which it relates, are as follows :-— 

" The boundary commences at the sea at low-water mark 
outside the embankment of the Dublin and Kingstown Rail- 
way at the boundary of the parishes of Donnybrook and 
Booterstown ;* and runs thence to the shore, and thence in 
a south-westerly direction along the boundary of the parish 
of Booterstown to the south-west angle of the gate-lodge of 
St. Helen's on the Dublin and Bray- road ; thence south- 
ward along the eastern side or wall of said road to Stillorgan 
Priory gate-lodge ; thence northwardly along the parish 
boundary until it meets Merri on- avenue ; thence eastwardly 
along the parish boundary to Grove-avenue or Verschoyle's- 
lane; thence southwardly along the west side or fence of 
Grove- avenue to Mr. Geoghegan's entrance-gate at Carys- 
fort Lodge ; thence eastwardly across the road and along the 
north-side of the old lane or passage bordering Mrs. Saurin's 
demesne, until it meets the boundary of the townland of 
Carysfort ; thence following the boundary of the townland 
to Carysfort- avenue ; thence across the road and northwardly 
along the east side of said avenue to the north-western corner 
of Oakly Park; thence along the northern and eastern 
boundary of Oakly Park to Newtownpark-avenue ; thence 
northwardly along the eastern side of said avenue to a point 
opposite to the narrow passage running eastwardly from New- 
townpark-avenue to the Bray- road ; thence along the south 
fence of the said passage to the road from Blackrock to Bray ; 
thence northerly by the eastern boundary of the same as far 
as the south wall of the Stradbrook cottages ; thence east- 
ward by the said wall and a fence in continuation of the 
same through Mr. Francis Codd's land to the boundary of 

* There seems to be an inaccuracy inasmuch as a narrow portion of the 
parish of Taney intervenes between Booterstown and Donnybrook. See 
p. 1 9, where this has been mentioned. In the " Appendix to the Report 
on the Revenues and Condition of the Established Church (Ireland), 
1868," p. 73, this suggestion from the Archbishop of the diocese ap- 
pears : — " There is a small district close to the village and church of 
Booterstown (it contains Trimleston House and Trimleston Cottage, 
both on the Blackrock-road) which belongs to the parish of Taney; 
while yet the clergyman of Taney must pass through the parish of 
Booterstown from end to end, or by another road through a great part 
of Donnybrook, to reach it. It would, I think, be a clear advantage if 
this small outlying district were detached from Taney, and annexed to 
Booterstown." 



the townland of Monkstown at Charles Alder's holding; 
thence eastwardly along the said boundary to the south-east 
angle of Dr. Mahood's holding (Monkstown-hill), and along 
the eastern boundary of the same northwards to the wall or 
fence separating Richmond-hill from Yapton, in the occupa- 
tion of Mr. Thomas Hone, and by the same in a direct line 
until it meets the boundary of the Kingstown Township at 
the entrance to Richmond-hill ; thence along the boundary 
o^ the Kingstown Township to the sea at low-watermark at 
Salt-hill: and thence along the sea at low- water mark west- 
wardly, until it meets the point of commencement opposite 
the boundary of the parishes of Bocterstown and Donnybrook : 
the several lands, villages, and hereditaments being within 
those limits, and constituting the Township, are situate within 
the townlands of Intake, ['taken in ' from the sea], Booters- 
town. WilliamstowD, Merrioo, Blackrock, Newtown-Castle- 
byrn. Newtown-Blackrock, Carysfort, Woodland, Stillorgan- 
grove. Stillorgan-park, Rockfield, Seapoint or Temple-hill, 
Montpelier, Stradbrook, Monkstown, Monkstown-Castle-farm, 
Mount-Ashton. Lansville, and Dunleary, all being situate in 
the parishes of Booterstown, Stillorgan, and Monkstown, 
in the baronies of Dublin and Rathdown, and county of 
Dublin." 

The Township consists of three wards (Booterstown, 
Monkstown, and Blackrock), the divisions of which are as 
follows: — 

" The first division or boundary commences in the centre 
of Merrion-avenue. at the junction of the township boundary. 
eleven chains distant from the entrance-gate of Mount Mer- 
rion. and is continued through the centre of that avenue to 
the centre of the Rock-road opposite to the eastern boundary 
of Lisaniskea premises, and by that eastern boundary of Lisa- 
ni-kea premises in a direct line to the sea at low water, and 
so much of the Township as lies to the northward and west- 
ward of the boundary thus defined shall constitute Booters- 
town Ward : the second division or boundary commences at 
Rock Villa in Newtownpark-avenu^. and runs thence north- 
wardly through the centre of Xewtownpark-avenue to the 
Bray-road, thence through the centre of the Blackrock and 
Bray-road to Dove House, thence eastward by Seapoint 
Manor and the northern side of Seapoint-avenue to the 
entrance of Ardenza-terrace, thence by the said terrace to the 



256 APPENDIX III. 



sea at low-water mark, and so much of the Township as lies 
to the eastward of the boundary thus defined shall constitute 
Monkstown Ward : the third division, all the residue of the 
Township, being the part thereof that lies between those two 
divisions and wards, shall constitute Blackrock Ward." 

The area of the Township is 1,078 statute acres ; the popu- 
lation in 1867 having amounted to 8,143, and the rateable 
valuation of property for the past yesr being £39,956. 
Since 1867 the district has been supplied with the Vartry water. 

The number of the Commissioners was fixed at twenty- 
four, being nine for Blackrock, nine for Monkstown, and six 
for Booterstown ; and the first Commissioners, named in the 
Act, were the following : — Thomas Dixon, Esq., J.P., (Chair- 
man), Henry Loftus Tottenham, Esq., John Fitzgerald, Esq., 
George Stormont, Esq., Charles Kernan, Esq., Joseph Craig 
Scully, Esq., William John Wallnutt, wax-chandler, John 
Richardson, grocer, and Thomas Magrath, linen-draper (be- 
ing nine of the Commissioners under the previous Act), for 
Blackrock ; William Plant, Esq., M.D., John Knight Bos- 
well, Esq., John M'Curdy, Esq., Adam Seaton Findlater, 
Esq., Sheffield Betham, Esq., William Crowe, builder, 
Eldred Oldham, Esq., Stephen Malyn, Esq., and Henry 
Andrews, Esq., for Monkstown ; Edmund Meares Kelly, 
Esq., John Rafferty, Esq., Edward Love Alma, Esq., John 
Barrington, Esq., Alexander Curtis La Nauze, Esq., and 
Joseph Johnson, Esq., for Booterstown. The 15th October 
is the day for the yearly retirement and election of Com- 
missioners. 

The Cross of Blackrock. — Several letters respecting 
the old Cross of Blackrock, and the proposal to replace it by 
a new one, from a design by John M'Curdy, Esq., appeared 
in the Dublin newspapers in the month of October, 1865. 
At the adjourned annual meeting of the Blackrock Com- 
missioners, as reported in Saunders's News-Letter, 26th 
October, the matter was spoken of at considerable length, 
and Captain Sheffield Betham gave the following short history 



NOTES. 2d*< 



of this ancient landmark : — M In the reign of Queen Eliza- 
beth, Sir John Travers, a man of note, lived in Monkstown 
Castle. He had an only daughter, who married a Mr. 
Cheevers, who had one son, drowned on Merrion Strand, 
and two daughters. One of those daughters was married to 
Byrne of Cabinteely, and the other to the ancestor of Lords 
Longford and De Yesci. The estate was divided — the Byrnes 
getting the portion called Newtown-on-the-Strand, or New- 
town-Castle-Byrne. The Cross was the property of the Byrne 
family, and was always repaired by them, and was the land- 
mark of the boundary of the city jurisdiction — the line 
coming down the lane at Old Merrion Churchyard, and 
running along the centre of the road as far as the Cross of 
Blackrock ; thence in a straight line to the sea, where old 
Bath-street used to run, extending out to sea as far as a man 
could wade at low water and cast a javelin. The Cross is 
not, and never was, an ecclesiastical one, but simply a 
boundary, and the city people, when they rode the ' fringes,' 
came up to it as their extreme limit." 

In 1546, Sir John Travers, in consideration of his services, 
had a grant of (inter alia) 207 acres, with the Grange in 
Carrickbrennan, otherwise Monkstown, three turrets, all the 
orchards and enclosures, with 131 acres, in said Monkstown, 
101 acres in Newtown, etc., the estate of the late monastery 
of the Blessed Virgin ; 60 acres of pasture and bog in 
Cornell's Court, the estate of the late abbey of Lismullen, 
etc. (Rot. Pat. in Cane. Hib.), which possessions afterwards 
passed to the family of Cheevers. (D'Alton's " History of the 
County of Dublin," pp. 868-870). John Byrne, Esq., of 
Cabinteely, an eminent barrister, married, in 1678, Mary, 
daughter of Walter Cheevers, Esq., of Monkstown (by Alison, 
his wife, third daughter of Nicholas, first Viscount Netter- 
ville), and died suddenly in 1681, when he was succeeded 
by his eldest son, Walter Byrne, Esq. (See Burke's " Landed 
Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland," p. 165, London, 1855). 
Part of the lands of Newtown-Castle-Byrne was sold by 



258 



APPENDIX III. 



order of the Court of Chancery, 20th May, 1858. For men- 
tion of the greatly improved state of the joint-property of 
the Earl of Longford and Viscount De Yesci, see the Church 
of England Magazine, vol. lxviii. p. 1 (1st January, 1870). 
Blackrock — The following lines by Dr. D. Joaquin 
Lorenzo Yillanueva, Chaplain to the Spanish Sovereign, Canon 
of Cuenca, etc., are taken from his " Poesias Escogidas " 
(Dublin, 1833), pp. 164-166:— 

» BLACK ROCK.* 

"LETRILLA. 

Y orejas de vaca : 



" Cuando a King's Town\ 
fueres, 

Entra en mi barraca, 

De las de Black Rock 

La mas bien labrada. 

No hallaras portero, 

Ni rejas ni tapias, 

Ni perros de presa 

Que al morder no ladran. 

Seras alojado 

En rustica estancia, 

Do hay mesas de pino 

Y sillas de paja. 

Hallaras en cambio 

De cama emplumada, 

Forrados de estopa 

Jergones de lana. 

No son mis cortinas 

De seda bordadas, 

Sino de bayeta 

Con cairel de sarga. 

No andaras pisando 

Alfombras de Holanda, 

Sino tablas toscas 

Medio acepilladas. 

Mi lujo es la huerta, 

Mi huerta es alhaja ; 

Rieganla las nubes 

Con agua filtrada. 

Miento, si te ofrezco 

Raciraos, naranjas, 

Datiles, melones, 

Higos 6 granadas. 

Mas a falta de esto 

Tendras verdolagas, 

Nabos y pepinos, 

Apios y espinacas. 

Darete estofados 

Sol6mos de cabra, 

Patas de carnero, 

* Aldea distante tres millaa E. de Dublin, en el camino de King's Town. 
t Pueblo moderno junto al mar, con puerto, distante seis millas de 
Dublin, en las inmediaciones de Dunleary. 



Y en vez de la sopa 
Que estilan en Francia, 
Macarrones gordos 
Mas que los de Italia : 
Quesos con gusanos 

De Chester y Parma, 

Y manteca fresca, 
Cual la nieve blanca. 
Para cada dia 

Te tendre guardadas 
Melodias nuevas 
Con adufe y flauta. 
Bailaran las viejas 
De nuestra comarca, 
No las seguidillas 
Que vi yo en la Mancha 
Con las castannuelas 
Repiqueteadas ; 
Mas con anteojos 
Serias zarabandas, 

Y con toscos zuecos 
Pastoriles danzas. 
El mar surcaremos 
Que mis campos banna, 
En un barquichuelo, 
Si estuviese en calma. 
Mas si soplan cierzos, 
A puerta cerrada 

Al whiski y al ponche 
Les daremos caza. 
En dias serenos 
Al romper el alva 
Iremos en busca 
De leche no aguada, 
Cuando asi pasares 
Un par de semanas, 
Pica de soleta, 
Si mi plan te enfada." 



NOTES. 259 



The author, "a distinguished Carlist, was obliged to 
leave Spain, and taking refuge in Ireland, became as well 
acquainted with the scenery of our country as he had been 
with her history." 

Note (eee). 
The Geology of Booterstown and Donnybrook. — 

The following article was composed for this work by the iate 
George Victor Du Noyer, Esq., M.U.I.A., F.R.G.S.I., Senior 
Geologist of the Geological Survey of Ireland, a short time 
before his death, which took place, after a very brief illness, 
2nd January, 1869. Mr. Du Noyer was a parishioner of 
Booterstown, and held appointments under Government for 
a period of more than thirty years, having commenced his 
career at an early age, in 1834, upon the Ordnance Survey of 
Ireland, under the late Major-General Portlock, and the present 
Major-General Sir Thomas A. Larcom, Bart., K.C.B., of the 
Royal Engineers ; he was appointed, in 1847, to the Geological 
Survey, and rose to the second position in this service in Ire- 
land. He had a profound knowledge of our national anti- 
quities ; and from his high character, and in recognition 
of the very many valuable contributions of his drawings to 
the Royal Irish Academy, he was elected an Honorary Life 
Member. His loss will be deeply felt by that Society, 
as well as by other scientific institutions. It may be noted 
that he made the drawings of the fossils and geological 
scenery which accompany Portlock's " Geological Report on 
Londonderry, Tyrone, and Fermanagh "; and that he was 
associated with the late Dr. Petrie in making many of the 
investigations and illustrations for the Ordnance Survey. At 
the stated general meeting of the Academy held 11th January, 
1869, the Secretary read a paper by a fellow- academician 
commendatory of the long and faithful services of Mr. 
Du Noyer : — 

It is somewhat remarkable that though the area of the 
parishes of Booterstown and Donnybrook is not very large, 
it comprises two rocks which are characteristic of Irish 



260 APPENDIX III. 



Geology, not only in their lithological aspect, but in their 
mutual mode of occurrence. Many an accomplished English 
or Continental geologist has never hammered a boss of typi- 
cal granite, or seen the beautiful conchoidal fracture of a 
calp limestone ; yet both these rocks occur in the district 
named, and both are characteristic of their class. 

Of the two parishes Donnybrook is the more northern ; 
it lies low, and is flat, the subsoil rock being that middle 
subdivision of the carboniferous limestone known to Irish 
geologists as " calp," or black earthy, though compact, lime- 
stone. The southern end of Booterstown extends on to the 
granite, and is higher in elevation than the former. 

The subdivisions into which the carboniferous limestone of 
Ireland has been grouped, are as follows, commencing from 
below upwards: — 1. Lower limestone shale;* 2. Lower 
limestone proper ; 3. Calp, or Middle limestone ; and 4, 
Upper limestone, which passes up into the coal measure 
shales and sandstones. In England the term "mountain 
limestone" has been given to these rocks; but in Ireland, 
since they rarely form hills or ridges as they do in England, 
such a name would not be applicable. 

By reference to the Geological Survey Map, sheet 112, 
published by Government on the Ordnance Survey Maps, to 
the scale of an inch to the mile,f it will be seen that the 
granite forming Tibradden mountain (1,540 feet), the Three 
Rock mountain (1,475 feet), the Two Rock mountain (1,763 
feet), and the hills of Killiney (480 and 472 feet above the 
sea), all lying to the south of Dublin, and overlooking the 
plains around the city, has been protruded into the Lower 
Silurian slates, which appear to the east and west of it, and 
has metamorphosed them into mica schist for a maximum 
distance of more than a quarter of a mile from their mutual 
line of junction.} 

* In the south of Ireland these beds increase to such an amazing 
thickness, and occupy such extensive areas, that they are regarded as a 
distinct geological formation, called 4 * carboniferous slate," with 
" Coomhola grit " forming their basal portion. The upper part of this 
deposit passes into the coal measures to the exclusion of the grey crys- 
talline limestone, which must therefore probably be represented in this 
district by black slates and shales. 

t Each sheet comprises an area of eighteen miles by twelve ; and the 
price (coloured geologically) is 2s. 6d. 

t For futher information on this interesting point in Irish Geology, 
see the Memoir published by the Geological Survey of Ireland to explain 
their Map, Sheets 102 and 112, by J. B. Jukes and G. V. Du Noyer 
(Dublin, 1861). 



NOTES. 261 



Long after the consolidation of the granite, and the pro- 
duction by its heat of that peculiar metamorphism in the clay 
slate just alluded to, both these rocks were elevated above 
the sea, and formed the land, on the shores of which the 
ocean, during the carboniferous period, deposited its various- 
coloured calcareous mud and sand. The relative areas 
occupied by land and sea at that period were vastly different 
from what they are now ; and it is not unreasonable to sup- 
pose that what is now the Co. Donegal, the extreme west of 
Ireland (forming part of the counties of Galway and Mayo), 
the Lower Silurian area in the north-east of Ireland, ex- 
tending from near Longford to Donaghadee, along with that 
portion of the island stretching from Killiney-hill to near 
Dungarvan, was, at the geological period I am alluding to, 
connected with Wales and the north-west of Scotland ; all 
forming a great island against which the sea deposited the 
sands, gravels, and conglomerates of the Devonian or red 
sandstone period, and of that immediately succeeding it, 
called the carboniferous. 

It is remarkable that at the junction of the calp limestone 
with the granite between Williamstown and Blackrock,* 
in the parish of Booterstown, we do not find any trace of the 
old red sandstone, which, according to observed facts, should 
intervene between the carboniferous limestone and any of 
the older rocks on which it might happen to be deposited. 
The same fact is observed in the Co. Carlow : and it has 
occasionally been a source of surprise to students in geology, 
who, reading that granite is the lowest rock, and that it is 
overlaid by whole geological formations, with all their sub- 
divisions, forming a puzzling array of tables and groups, 
could not easily understand how a carboniferous limestone, 
which is not a very ancient rock, geologically speaking, 
could come in contact with the old and deep-seated granite. 
The explanation which we have given in a few words will 
help to dispel this not uncommon error of reasoning from 
insufficient knowledge. 

The story which the earth itself tells us of its mode of for- 
mation is not a detail of continued universal creation and con- 
tinued local progress. On the contrary, local creation and pro- 
gress have over and over again been suspended, and followed 

* "What remains visible of " the Black Rock," which gave the name 
to the place, is a boss of calp limestone, rising out of the sand under 
the Peafield-baths, and to the rorth of the Blackrock Railway-station ; 
the granite being within a few hundred feet of it to the south. 

S 



262 APPENDIX III. 



by local destruction of the created things, both inanimate and 
animate. And we use the terms advisedly ; for the inanimate 
must have come before the animate or life-bearing, as the latter 
depend on the former for existence. But the destruction which 
went on at one place, was the direct means of production at 
another: life followed death ; and the new life gave the means 
of its succeeding death ; and all conduced to the perfecting of 
the mighty aggregate, as we now behold it. Thus, when 
we briefly run through the great geological scale of creation, 
we find the lowest rocks, or those called " Lewesian " in 
England, and " Laurentian " in North America, were formed, 
consolidated, upheaved, denuded, or partially destroyed, to 
make up the " Cambrian " series, as it was called, in Wales. 
These again underwent the same modifications, and were 
themselves partially destroyed to make the Lower Silurian rock. 
These were penetrated by the granite, and both partially 
worn down to make the Upper Silurian beds. These again, 
with all beneath them which appeared at the surface, were 
partially denuded to make the old red sandstone, the lowest 
beds of which were themselves destroyed partially to make 
up the concluding portion of their ordained mass. These, 
being followed by the carboniferous rocks, with the coal- 
bearing strata above them, were again upheaved, and par- 
tially destroyed, to form the new red sandstone, which 
overspread them like a great cloak. And lastly, the new 
red sandstone was buried by deposits of miles in thickness, 
iueluding the chalk and its superimposed clays, sands, and 
gravel.* These great breaks in the process of formation 
indicate those periods of local destruction, one of which we 
have presented to us by the fact, that the calp limestone 
rests on the granite in the district to which these geological 
notes refer. 

Geology cannot be studied with accuracy or self-enlight- 
enment in mere detached localities ; large tracts of country, 
or at least a subdivision of some group of rock, should be 
examined, in order to arrive at a correct estimate of the 
nature and character of that group. And therefore, if any 
of our readers wish to understand the distinctive features and 
relations of the calp limestone, they must travel out of the 
parishes of Booterstown and Donnybrook, and make a 
lengthened excursion over the plains of Dublin. Not to 
dishearten them, however, I may assure them that some of 

* Many minor unconformabilities are not here enumerated. 



NOTES. 263 



the quarries in Donnybrook present most instructive ex- 
posures of the calp limestone, and will well repay a visit. 

As we descend the bed of the river Dodder, the fir3t lime- 
stone appears close to Bushy Park, near Rathfarnham ; it 
is dark grey in colour, thin and flaggy ; and in some places 
the carbonate of lime in the rock has given place to carbo- 
nate of magnesia, which affords those beautiful crystals, 
locally called " sugar-candy stone," from their clearness 
and colour. The rock is a bedded dolomite. How this 
metamorphic action took place is not clearly accounted for ; 
the general opinion being that it is due to the permeation 
of gases, or more probably, water surcharged with magnesia, 
whereby the carbonate of lime was displaced, and the mag- 
nesia substituted. This change is often very sudden, the 
two varieties of the limestone being on either side of a mere 
joint in the rock. In the quarries at Rathfarnham and 
Donnybrook angular lumps of granite and mica schist have 
been found imbedded in the limestone ; thus proving that 
the granite was dry land when the limestone sea washed 
over its shores. And from the angularity of these granite 
or mica slate fragments it has been supposed that they 
originally adhered to the roots of trees, which were swept 
away from the granite or other shores by the sea of the 
carboniferous period, and drifted into deep water. 

In the quarries at Donnybrook the bedding of the lime- 
stone is very frequently lenticular, and a bed of shale will 
die out in the distance of a few yards, and its place be supplied 
by a bed of compact limestone, or vice versa. Occasionally 
the limestones themselves will end bluntly when the regularity 
of deposition is thus interrupted. All this is most instructive ; 
and it shows that the deposit was subjected to local changes 
in its material and mode of formation — the result of sudden 
floods from the neighbouring land on the south, or changes 
in the great tidal currents of the open strait, which extended 
from east to west across what is now Ireland. 

Fossils are rather rare in the calp limestone, the most 
common being crinoid fragments. Why this should be, is not 
easy of explanation, as the black shales and compact lime- 
stones of the carboniferous shale are crowded with remains of 
brachiopodous bivalves and zoophytic life, especially Pro- 
ducts, Spirift-rce, Encrinites, Fenestella?, and that singular 
crustracean, the Trilobite. 

Throughout the whole extent of the carboniferous lime- 
stone which skirts the northern boundary of the granite and 



264 APPENDIX III. 



Lower Silurian hills, the observed dip of the beds is almost 
invariably to the southwards, at low angles. Now, it is 
reasonable to suppose that these beds should dip away from 
the shore on which they had been formed ; but the reverse is 
the observed fact ; and we are forced to the conclusion that 
a fault exists, having an east or west direction, or nearly 
parallel with the boundary of the two groups of rocks, whereby 
the limestones have been tilted to the southwards, and have 
extended the thickness of the calp limestone in the Dublin 
district to be about two thousand feet. 

The granite between Dundrum and Loughlinstown has a 
width of more than six miles, and is well exposed along the 
shore from Williamstown to Killiney. About Dundrum and 
Stillorgan it is very feldspathic, and weathers freely into a 
sand ; but it becomes more quartzose toward the south, 
between the Three Rock mountain and the sea. This rock is 
traversed throughout by numerous veins and large dyke- 
like masses of a compact variety of itself, formed almost of 
feldspar, with a little quartz, and frequently no mica. This 
is called Eurite, or Elvanite ; and since many of these veins 
cross each other, and are bounded by thin strings of pure 
infiltrated quartz, they are regarded as being intrusive, and 
therefore newer than the coarsely crystalline and micaceous 
granite. Beautiful examples of these Eurite veins may be 
seen all over the hills of Rochestown and Killiney. 

The large quarry to the west of Windsor-terrace, Kingstown, 
exposes granite, which is in places of a different mineral 
structure from that of the neighbourhood. It is traversed by 
infiltrated veins of quartz, occurring on the main joints, the 
surfaces of which are thickly coated with large and small 
crystals of schorl. These are so abundant in places as to give 
the rock a mottled look. 

Black mica, or Lepidomilane, is rather common in the 
granite of this district ; and a beautiful variety of white mica, 
called Plumose, from the manner of its arrangement or 
crystallisation, is sometimes found in the quarries on the 
southern slopes of the hills, and in boulders when broken up 
in the fields. 

The granite of Killiney, when seen in junction with the 
mica schist, often has its micaceous particles rearranged, so 
as to form thin wavy strings of that mineral, all parallel to 
the cooling surface of the granite ; while the mica in that 
portion of the rock close to the slates, is segregated into large 
blotches. The manner in which the granite is brought into 



NOTES. 265 



junction with the slate is very interesting ; the former rock 
sending tongues, and thin strings, and dykes into the latter 
for many yards. The result of the metamorphic action 
produced by the granite on the clay slates is chiefly the 
excessive development of mica ; but beautiful stellated crys- 
tals of andalurite, and some resembling chiastolite, with 
innumerable small garnets, are very abundant close to the 
granite.* 

On the sea-face of the embankment of the Railway, close 
to and north of the Blackrock station, there is a singular 
granite boss, which deserves to be noticed. The rock 
consists of sharply angular fragments of the ordinary granite, 
varying in size up to a block some feet across, all of which 
are cemented in a hard granite sand full of white mica. At 
first sight this looks like a conglomerate, which might be 
supposed to rest on the surface of the granite, and to be the 
base of the boulder drift, inland cliffs of which we see over 
the old harbour of Dunleary, to the south of the Kingstown 
Gas-works. This granite breccia, however, is, I believe, 
much older than any of the drift, and is analogous to those 
dyke-like masses of breccia, which are not unfrequently found 
in the Trappean rocks of the Lower Silurian period. Such, 
for example, as is to be seen on the shore near Lady's Cove, 
to the south of, and close to Tramore, in the Co. Waterford. 

* The folio-wing are two analyses of the granite of the Three Rock 
mountain, by the Rev. Professor Haughton, M.D., F.T.C.D., from the 
Memoir of the Palaeozoic Rocks of the South-east of Ireland (" Trans- 
actions of the Royal Irish Academy," vol. xxiii.) : — 



Silica, 

Alumina, 

Peroxide of iron, 

Lime, 

Potash, 

Soda, 

Loss by ignition 



No. 1. 


No. 2. 


70.28 


70.32 


16.44 


16.12 


2.60 


3.20 


2.04 


1.34 


5.79 


4.65 


2.82 


3.39 


-— 


0.96 



99.97 99.98 



Dr. Haughton aho shows the average constitution of the Dublin and 
Wicklow granite to be — 

Quartz, .. .. .. .. 27.66 

Feldspar (Tersilicate), .. .. .. 52.94 

White mica ( Margarodite"), .. .. .. 14.18 

Black mica (.Lepidomilane), .. .. .. 5.27 

100.05 



266 APPENDIX III. 



After the thorough consolidation of this greenstone, a fissure 
was formed in it to the width of eighteen feet, and this 
extended to the depth of thirteen yards into the slate rock 
below the greenstone flow. The forces of disruption caused 
numerous fragments of the greenstone to fall into this 
open fissure ; but as the whole process took place beneath the 
level of the sea, the drifted sand and gravel of the greenstone 
were swept into the crack, along with those angular 
fragments, and formed a cement binding them together. 
The granite breccia at Blackrock was formed in a similar 
way, and its sandy matrix consolidated by subsequent 
pressure, and that inherent quality which all mud and sand 
has to crystallize by time under similar circumstances. If 
the limits of this breccia could be determined, they would be 
found to be bounded by solid granite, and the boulder drift 
would be seen to rest on, and cover up both. 

Space will not allow of our discussing further the interesting 
story of the junction between granite and slate ; for we have 
yet to say a few words on the history of the superficial 
deposits, which have been spread over the rocks we have 
described. 

The drift, as it is called, or superficial covering of clay and 
gravel, which is spread over the whole of the Dublin district, 
consists of two formations: the Lower, a brown, gravelly, 
calcareous clay, containing numerous limestone pebbles and 
rolled fragments ; and the Upper, a loose sand and gravel, 
formed principally of limestone pebbles, though it contains a 
large percentage of granite and Lower Silurian fragments, 
with here and there a pebble of hardened or Antrim chalk 
and chalk-flint. This Lower drift in the north of the Co. 
Dublin terminates at a maximum height of about four hun- 
dred feet, though the summit of Killiney and the adjoining 
hills are bared of it at one hundred feet ; while the Upper 
deposit is to be seen on the flanks of Montpelier hill, at a 
height of twelve hundred and thirty-five feet above the sea. 

The Lower drift rests in patches on the sides of Howth- 
hill, Lambay, the adjoining coast at Skerries, Killiney-hill, 
and along the shore to the southwards and Bray-head, at 
elevations of more than one hundred feet ; and the sea has 
everywhere escarped it. Yet this deposit must have formed 
the sea-floor, and have been since elevated to its present 
height ; for it is an axiom in Geology, that the sea still 
retains the same level which it had since its creation, while 
the land rises or sinks beneath it by volcanic force. How 



NOTES. 267 



remotely ancient, therefore, must be this mere superficial 
covering of the solid rocks beneath it ! so ancient, indeed, 
that the whole central limestone plain of Ireland, the bays of 
Dublin and Bray, and the straits of Lambay, and possibly the 
very British channel, were not in existence at the close of its 
formation. Yet these great physical features have been all 
excavated through it, and the land upheaved to the height 
of twelve hundred and thirty-five feet at least — the present 
apparent limit of the Upper drift formation. 

How wondrous is the power of slow but long- continued 
denudation, and the erosion produced by the sea acting 
between the limits of high and low water, like a great 
horizontal saw on the shores of rock, clay, or sand opposed to 
it ! Still the same force is now going on before our eyes, 
and we cannot appreciate its progress as measured by the 
short experience of human life. Time, therefore, when 
speaking of geological phenomena, is not to be measured by 
such finite subdivisions as centuries ; we must regard its 
effects as the product of the past almost-eternity.* 

Yv T herever this clayey drift deposit is formed, and the rock 
surface beneath it bared, we find that the latter is polished 
and striated ; an effect which could only have been produced 
by the rapid passage of ice or frozen mud when this part of 
the land was beneath the sea-level. And so general over 
the British Islands is this rock-polishing and striation, that 
from this fact, taken in connection with the occurrence of 
water-worn erratic boulders derived from rocks in situ, whose 
locality is known, and many miles distant from where the 
blocks are found, geologists recognise " a glacial period *' in 
Tertiary Geology. 

Over Howth-hill the ice-bearing current set in from the 
north-west, as is indicated by the direction and form of the 
striations ; and the same current swept through the hollows 
of the hills of Killiney, though it was slightly deflected by the 
summit of Killiney-hill, the granite of which is ground and 
polished in the direction of east and west. 

The remarkable looking bosses of granite on the summits of 
the Three Rock and Two Rock mountains are not perched 
blocks, but the solid granite weathering in place ; and this 
weathering is solely the result of long-continued atmospheric 

* The drift clay on the brow of the cliffs on Howth, near the Light- 
house, and along the east-side of Baily Point, as well as to the ea6t and 
west of the cliff called M The Lion's Head," exposes a deposit of recent 
6ea-shells at an elevation of more than one hundred feet above the sea. 



268 APPENDIX III. 



action — rain, frost, and snow. The rock, being evenly jointed 
in vertical as well as horizontal planes, has weathered on the 
lines of separation ; and some of the rough cubical masses 
thus formed have resisted the action of the weather more 
completely than the others. In this way are left those great 
table-like masses, having thin edges moulded along the 
horizontal joints. 

Note (fff). 

Population of Donnybrook Parish. — In addition to 
what has appeared on this subject in pp. 50, 51, the follow- 
ing particulars are given ; — 

In 1813, the population of the parish (then including 
Booterstown) amounted to 6,884; viz., 3,129 males and 
3,755 females. 

In 1861, the population, according to the census taken for 
the night of the 7th April, amounted to 12,151 ; comprising 
5,367 males and 6,784 females ; and occupying 1,739 houses. 
Of these, 262 (216 males and 46 females) were in the Pigeon- 
house Fort; 70 (27 males and 43 females) in the Hospital 
for Incurables; and 55 females in the General Magdalen 
Asylum, Donnybrook. There were also 106 houses un- 
inhabited or building. The General valuation of the parish 
amounted to £32,171 10s.; the Poor Law valuation in 1851 
having been £26,224 12s. 

A table, on the same plan as that given for Booterstown 
in p. 225, and showing at a glance the religious profession 
and education of the parishioners of Donnybrook, was pre- 
pared for insertion here ; but as it has been found impracti- 
cable to print the numerous details in full, a brief summary is 
substituted, the reader who may wish for fuller information, 
being referred to " The Census of Ireland, 1861," Part iv. 
pp. 27, 28, 29, 32, 43, 47. 

Members of the Established Church, 3,809 (1,712 males 
and 2,097 females) ; Roman Catholics, 7,747 (3,369 males 
and 4,378 females); Presbyterians, 258 (124 males and 134 



NOTES. 269 



females); Methodists, 184 (94 males and 90 females); In- 
dependents, 57 (23 males and 34 females) ; Baptists, 9 (4 
males and 5 females) ; Society of Friends or Quakers, 25 
(10 males and 15 females); All other Persuasions, 60 (30 
males and 30 females) ; and Jews, 2(1 male and 1 female). 
The persons returned under the head of " All other Per- 
suasions " were 10 male and 6 female " Unitarians " ; 7 male 
and 5 female " Separatists" ; 6 male and 17 female " Chris- 
tian Brethren " ; 2 male and 2 female " Moravians " ; 1 male 
" Protestant Dissenter " ; 1 male " Free Church of Scotland "; 
1 male " Christian " ; 1 male " Free-Thinker " ; and 1 male 
not specified ; total 60. Members of the Established Church, 
3,809 ; Roman Catholics, 7,747 ; and all other denominations, 
595 ; making the total of 12,151. 

Note (ggg). 

Donnybrook Parish Registers — As stated in pp. 41, 
138, there is not amongst the books of the parish of Donny- 
brook the vestige of a register of baptisms, marriages, or 
burials, save a few insertions of marriages, for thirty-two 
years before 1800. The volume has long since disappeared ; 
but fortunately the defect may in a great measure be supplied 
from the annual Visitation-returns, which are lodged amongst 
the records of the Consistorial Court, Dublin. The returns 
(more or less detailed) made by the clergymen of Donny- 
brook to the Archbishop of the diocese from year to year, 
include lists of one hundred and twenty-five baptisms, forty- 
two marriages, and thirteen hundred and ten burials, from the 
year 1775 to 1800. The names of many Dublin citizens 
and others of note appear in these transcripts. 

The registers connected with the parish of Donnybrook 
date from the year 1712, earlier registers having probably ex- 
isted, and contain entries of baptisms, marriages, and burials. 
They are in good condition, in eleven volumes, and as 
follows : — 

Vol. I. Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, from 1712 (with 



270 APPENDIX III. 



a few entries from 9th August, 1705) to 1768 ; with Mar- 
riages, from 25th April, 1778, to 17th December, 1784, in 
the handwriting of the Rev. Gore Wood, Curate ; and 
Marriages, from 8th December, 1776, to 25th February, 
1800, copied a few years ago from the Visitation-returns. 

II. Baptisms, from 30th June, 1800, to 6th October, 
1825; Marriages, from 15th November, 1800, to 16th. No- 
vember, 1825 ; and Burials, from 25th May, 1800, to 18th 
September, 1825. 

III. Baptisms, from 4th October, 1825, to 14th June, 

1836 ; Marriages, from 16th October, 1825, to 23rd August, 

1837 ; and Burials, from 23rd October, 1825, to 23rd March, 
1848. 

IV. Baptisms, from 15th June, 1836, to 27th April, 1858 ; 
and Marriages, from 4th August, 1837, to 14th April, 1845. 

V. Burials, from 24th March, 1848, to 2nd January, 1861. 

VI. Marriages (under the present law), from 14th April, 
1845, to 29th May, 1850. 

VII. Marriages, from 17th June, 1850, to 26th October, 
1853. 

VIII. Marriages, from 29th October, 1853, to 23rd Ja- 
nuary, 1862. 

IX. Baptisms, from 3rd January, 1858, to present date. 

X. Burials, from 2nd January, 1861, to present date. 

XI. Marriages, from 30th January, 1862, to present 
date. 

At the Royal Chapel of St. Matthew, Ringsend (commonly 
called Irishtown Church), in this parish, there are the 
following registers : — 

Vol. I. Baptisms and Burials (not entered with regularity), 
from 1812 (before which year all entries were made in the 
parish registers) to October, 1826. 

II. Baptisms, from 1st February, 1827, to 22nd July, 
1845 ; and Burials, from 3rd January, 1827, to 13th October, 
1853. 



NOTES. 271 



III. Baptisms, from 26th July, 1845, to 25th April, 1858. 

IV. Burials, from 18th October, 1853, to present date. 

V. Baptisms, from 28th March, 1858, to present date. 
Marriages have been solemnized in St. Matthew's, but very 

seldom, and only by special license. 

At St. John's, Sandymounr, which is likewise in this 
parish, and was opened for Divine Service, 24th March, 1850, 
there is a register of baptisms, from 15th August in that 
year. 

At Sandford Church, to which a district (including a 
portion of this parish) has been assigned, there is a register 
of baptisms. The volume contains six entries from Septem- 
ber, 1826 (in which year the church was opened), to July, 
1827, and a large number from 15th December, 1858, to the 
present time ; and the names are transferred annually to 
the register of St. Peter's, Dublin, Sandford Church being in 
that parish. 

A district (including a portion of this parish) has been 
assigned to St. Bartholomew's Church, which was lately 
erected in the parish of St. Peter, near Ballsbridge, and in 
which baptisms and marriages are solemnized. There is a 
register of baptisms, from 7th January, 1868 ; and of mar- 
riages, from 2 3rd June in that year. 

Note (hhh). 

Extracts from the Donnybrook Parish Registers. 
— The following extracts (to which, if space permitted, large 
additions might be made) are to be taken as fair specimens 
of what may be found in many parish registers throughout 
the kingdom. The spelling in the original is preserved ; 
and with the view of economizing space, frequent reference 
is made to preceding pages : — 

BAPTISMS. 

1705, August 9 Elizabeth, daughter of James and 

Elizabeth Lundy [of Ringsend]. 



272 APPENDIX III. 



1709, May 14. — James, son of William and Mary Kennell. 

1712, April 4. — Marryian, daughter of William and 
Lettess Cowberth. 

1712, May 6 — Susanna, daughter of John and Elizabeth 
Johnson. 

1712, August 17. — Sarah, daughter of John and Elinor 
Manesergh. 

1712, September 16. — Richard, son of Thomas and Eliza- 
beth Cave. 

1713, September 11. — Elizabeth and Wealthy, daughters 
of William and Eleanor Wathing. 

1713, December 5. — Thomas, son of Peter and Alice 
Vaviser. [The names of many members of the Vavasour 
family appear in these pages. See p. 153.] 

1714, April 25 Wealthy, son of Symon and Eleanor 

Whathing. 

1714, May 30. — Keziah, daughter of John and Margaret 
Adcox. 

1714, November 5. — Christopher, son of Christopher and 
Margaret Carlton. 

1714, November 8. — James, son of Humphery and 
Margaret Denny. 

1716, April 22 Richard, son of Edward and Baptize 

Anderson. 

1716, September 4. — Mahitable, daughter of Richard and 
Elizabeth Burnett. 

1716-7, January 1. — Utilia, daughter of Richard and 
Elizabeth Deacon. 

1716-7, February 14. — Constantino, son of Charles and 
Sarah O'Neil. 

1717, December 13 — Margraer, daughter of Hugh and 
Margraet at Mill Town [near Donnybrook]. 

1718, June 16. — Annistas, daughter of John and Sarah 
ffoley. 

1718, July 27. — Jacob and James Madox, being Quakers. 

1718, December 31. — Stephen, son of Peter and . 

1723, June 22. — Abernathy, daughter of James and 
Elizabeth Bromlow. 

1725, July 29 Eleanor, daughter of Richard and Eliza- 
beth Colley. [Mr. Colley (afterwards Wesley) was grand- 
father of the late Duke of Wellington. See p. 162.] 

1725, December 8. — Syabella, daughter of John and 
Margaret Wallis. 

1726, June 19.— Jamitt, son of William and Mary Arthur. 



NOTES. 273 



1726, September 8. — Regina, daughter of Magnus and 
Elizabeth Syck. 

1727-8, February 10 Eunice, daughter of John and Ann 

Dauncy. 

1729, October 26.— Bathia, daughter of James and Eliza- 
beth Bromlow. 

1730-1, February 14. — Ananias, daughter of Peter and 
Sarah Portovine. 

1731, October 14 Thomas, son of James and Barbara 

Twigg. [Mrs. Twigg was the daughter of Stewart Blacker, 
Esq., of Carrick, Co. Armagh, and had at least five children, 
whose baptisms are recorded. See p. 162.] 

1731, October 24. — Levina, daughter of John and Mar- 
garet Griffith. 

1733, September 2 Teasia, daughter of William and 

Elizabeth Young. 

1735, April 21 Hugh, son of Paul and Hannah Twigge. 

1735, April 21. — Lundy, son of Geoffry and Jane ffoot. 
[He was afterwards Alderman Lundy Foot, and well known. 
See p. 153.] 

1737, April 11. — Elizabeth, granddaughter of Mr. Thomas, 
of Donebrook. [Mr, Thomas Thomas was Churchwarden in 
1719.] 

1740-1, February 18. — Brillany, daughter of Henry 
and Elizabeth Bom bury. 

1742, December 18. — Robert, son of Arthur and Florence 
Newburgh. [Mr. Newburgh's burial in 1762 will appear.] 

1746, October 20 George, son of John and ElizabethEccles. 

1752, June 19. — Mary Ann, daughter of John Bingam, 
Esq., and Frances, his wife. 

1756, September 1. — Neptune, son of Harris and Mary 
Blood, of Ringsend. 

1762, February 4. — Elizabeth Jane, daughter of William 
and Jane White, of Merrion. [White's-avenue, Merrion, 
still exists. Mr. White's marriage in 1761 will appear.] 

1763, June 12 Anne, daughter of St. John and Arabella 

JefTer} T s, Esq. 

1763, September 18. — Mary, daughter of Charles Coote, 
Esq., and Mary Dermoot. 

1764, June 10 Marcus, son of William Beresford, Esq., 

and Elizabeth, his wife. [Mr. Beresford, whose marriage in 
1763 will appear, became Archbishop of Tuam.] 

1768, July 10 Ana Maria, daughter of John Corry, 

Esq., and Cathren, his wife. 



274 APPENDIX III. 



MARRIAGES. 

1714, April 3. — Nicholas Wilkinson. [No female men- 
tioned.] 

1715, October 20 — Richard Archdeacon and Elizabeth 
Brown. 

1730, May 18 — By y e A.D., John Mouls and Eliza- 
beth 1 homas. 

1731, June 6. — By License, Chappell Dawson and 
Hannah Maria Townly. 

1732, April 13 Jeffery ffoot and Jane Lundy. [For 

particulars of this family, see p. 153.] 

1733-4, February 1. — By y e A.D., John Wynne and 
Elizabeth M'Calley. [Was he the same as the Rev. Dr. 
Wynne, whose burial was in 1762 ?] 

1745, August 22.— By License, the Rev d Mr. Thomas 
Willkison and Miss Susanna Larive. 

1748, August 20 By Consistory License, William 

Philips, Esq., and Miss Susanna Green. 

1750, April 30 By License, Richard Ryan and Mahitable 

Burnett. 

1753, July 30. — Robert Ridge, Esq., and Miss Cathren 
Stewart. 

1755, December 23 By Prerogative License, Kenneth 

Tolmie, Esq., and Mrs. Anne Morgan. [" Married, Kenneth 
Tolmie, Esq., to the Widow Morgan, of St. Paul's Parish." — 
Pile's Occurrences, 30th December.] 

1757, June 6. — By Consistory License, by the Rev d John 
Drury, James Doyne, Esq., and Miss Elizabeth Pratt. 

1759, May 24 By the Archdeacon's License, by the 

Rev d Michael Heatly, Mr. Charles Christian and Miss Mary 
Lovett. [For mention of the Archdeacon of Dublin's " dor- 
mant power of granting marriage-licenses within his arch- 
deaconry," see p. 78.] 

1760, April 30. — By Prerogative License, by the Rev d 
Samuell Whaly, Mr. George Hannell and Miss Elizabeth 
Davenport, of Ringsend. [Died " last week, at Wicklow, 
George Hannell, Esq., formerly Surveyor of Ringsend." — 
Pile's Occurrences, 8th April, 1766.] 

1761, March 23.— By the Rev d Mr. Macmullin, Mr. 
William White and Miss Jane Lee, of Merrion. [In the 
Dublin Gazette, 30th July, 1772, there is this announcement : 
— " Married, Benjamin Lee, Esq., of Merrion^o the amiable 
Miss Smyth, of Drogheda, the smallest of whose accomplish- 



NOTES. 275 



ments is a fortune of £2,000." Mr. Lee was a descendant of 
the Lees of Quarrendon, raised to the British peerage in 1674, 
as Earls of Lichfield ; and his eldest daughter and co-heir, 
Anne, was grandmother of the late Sir Benjamin Lee 
Guinness, Bait., M.P. for Dublin.] 

1762, December 8. — By Consistory License, by y e Rev d 
Dr. William Dunk in, Mr. Henery Dunkin and Miss Mary 
Grant. [" Mr. Henry Dunkin, attorney, to the amiable Miss 
Grant, of Ballsbridge, whose smallest accomplishment is a for- 
tune of £1,500." — Skater's Public Gazetteer, 11th December.] 

1763, June 12. — By License, the Hon. William Beresford 
and Miss Elizabeth Fitzgibons. [Mr. Beresford, brother of 
the first Marquess of Waterford, became Archbishop of Tuam 
in 1794, and was created Lord Decies in 1812. Miss Fitz- 
gibbon was the second daughter of John Fitzgibbon, Esq., of 
Donnybrook, and sister of the Earl of Clare. See p. 79. 
As stated in Walker s Hibernian Magazine, September, 
1807, p. 574, Mrs. Beresford, who died in September, 1807, 
" was forty-four years a wife, and a most interesting example 
of conjugal affection ; her daughters were all married at very 
early ages, and have proved the most amiable of wives and 
mothers, worthy of the domestic and virtuous habits they 
were educated in."] 

1764, February 19 By the Archdeacon's License, Mr. 

Henery Hoply and Miss Jane Brown, by Rev d Dr. Mann, 
A. D. of Dublin. [In Sleater's Public Gazetteer, 6th March, 
this announcement appears: — "At Ringsend, Mr. Henry 
Hopley to Miss Brown."] 

1764, March 7.— By Consistory License, by the Rev d 
Dr. Isaac Mann, Archdeacon of Dublin, Mr. John Evans and 
Miss Jane Burns, of Ringsend. 

1764, September 11 — By Consistory License, by Mr. 
Freemen, Mr. Mathew Petters and Miss Ann Dupont, of 
Booterstown. 

1764, September 22. — By Consistory License, by Rev d 
Mr. Old, Topam Mitchell, Esq., and Miss Jane Lord. [In 
Skater's Public Gazetteer, 25 th September, this announce- 
ment appears : — " Married at Booterstown, in the county of 
Dublin, Topham Mitchell, Esq., to Miss Lord, daughter of 
William Lord, Esq., Councellor-at-law."] The death of 
another " Topham Mitchell, Esq., a gentleman whose 
death is deservedly lamented," and which was caused " by 
a fall from his horse, near Rathfarnham," had taken place 
on the 20th of the preceding May lb. 22nd May, 1764. 



276 APPENDIX III. 



1765, February 16. — By Prerogative License, by the Rev d 
Thomas Hearty, Mathew Coleman, Esq., and Miss Margaret 
Hornby. 

1766, January 15 — By Consistory License, by the Rev d 
Thomas Heauy, Captain Charles Vallancey, Esq., and Miss 
Juliue Blosett. [General Vallancey was buried at St. Peter's, 
Dublin, where there is a stone with this inscription : — " Here 
lieth the body of General Charles Vallancey, who died on the 
8th day of August, 1812, in the 88th year of his age."] 

1767, January 11. — By Consistory License, by Rev d Dr. 
Man, Archdeacon of Dublin, Mr. Mogens Tronwig and 
Miss Sarah Dennis. 

1768, February 11 By y e Archdeacon's License, by Dr. 

Mann, Mr. Samuel Robison and Miss Mary Beats. 

BURIALS. 

[The Donnybrook graveyard and St. Matthew's churchyard, 
Ringsend, are both in the parish of Donnybrook ; and until 
the year 1812 all entries of burials (as well as those of bap- 
tisms and marriages) were made in the parish registers, and 
in almost every instance without distinguishing the place.] 

1712, May 10. — Ezble, daughter of James and Gudle. 

1713, July 19 Richard Pigeon. [Was this the man to 

whom the present Pigeon-house is indebted for its name ?] 

1713, October 5. — Francis Coddin. [Seep. 152, where his 
name is given as M'Cadden.] 

1714, March 26.— Quinn Ello, wife of William Quinn 
Ello. 

1715, September 4 — Widdow Benns Granson. 
1715-6, January 27. — Commissary Beckett. 

1716, March 31 — The Lieutenant's man of ye Albbrough 
man-of-war. 

1716, November 24. — A poor Spanish sailor, y* died at 
Mrs. Dreak's. 

1716-7, January 1 William Popes, one of the Parish 

poor. 

1716-7, January 24. — A child of one Cook, a Relation of 
Cook the waterman, of Dunlary [now Kingstown]. 

1716-7, February 1 Madam Cleton, in the Chancell of 

Donebrook. [Was she mother of Bishop Clayton, who was 
buried at Donnybrook in 1758 ?] 

1717, August 12.— ffrancis Malherb, a ffrenchman. 
1717, October 2 Cornelious Killick, from on Board. 



NOTES. 277 



1717-8, January 21. — Sarah Robinson at Recool [Rath- 
coole, Co. Dublin]. 

1718, September 12 — Mr. Winsor, Clerk of St. Matthew 
Chappie [Ringsend]. 

1719, April 10. — John Etheridge, Prentice to Mr, Morney. 
1719, May 14. — Mary Cornish, from on board Mr. 



1719, July 19.— Mr. Thomas Ashley. 

1719, December 12 — Mrs. Katherine Ashley. 

1720-1, January 18 — William, from on board the John 
and Ann belonging to Hastead, John Moore, Master. 

1721-2, February 5.— Madam Calwell, from the Folly. 
[See p. 161.] 

1721-2, John Thompson died on Ash Wednesday, the 7th 
of February, and was buried the 9th, being Fryday following, 
in St. Andrew's churchyard, Dublin : there was a funeral 
sermon. 

1722, September 11. — Martha, a child from Port Mahone. 

1724, July 19.— Doctor Walsh. 

1724-5, March 12.— Patrick Kelly. [He had been 
Churchwarden in 1712.] 

1726, May 11.— Y e Reverend John Borrough, Minister of 
St. Mathew's. [He was the first Minister of this Royal 
Chapel. See p. 162. For mention of him and his family, 
see Smiles' " Huguenots," etc., p. 350. Sir Edward R. 
Borough, Bart., of Dublin, is the present representative.] 

1726-7, January 13 Mr. Thomas Cave. 

1726-7, March 6. — Christopher Carlton. [By com- 
mission bearing date 12th February, 1700, King William 
III. (as mentioned in Archdall's "Lodge's Peerage of Ireland," 
vol. vi. p. 23) constituted Sir Thomas Southwell, Bart, 
(afterwards first Baron Southwell), Brigadier Ingoldsby, 
Christopher Carleton (?), and two more, Trustees for the Bar- 
racks in and throughout Ireland, and made them a body 
corporate.] 

1727, November 19 Madam Claxton. [See p. 163.] 

1727, December 3. — Mr. Barry, a Roman Priest. 
1727-8, March 8.— Collonel Fitzgerald. 

1728, August 2 Grandchild to General Peirce. 

1728, November 5. — Mr. Lord, Apothecary. [There is a 
stone at Donny brook, with inscription. See p. 290.] 

1728, November 25. — Peter Winchilto, a Dutch Master. 

1728, December 1. — Mrs. Walsh, a Hackney Coachman's 
wife. 



278 APPENDIX III. 



1729, April 23.— Mr. Maquea, Minister. [The Rev. 
Thomas Maquay, who, having been born in Dublin about 
1694, was educated by the Dublin Presbytery, and ordained 
colleague to the Rev. Mr. Synclare, in the Presbyterian 
church of Plunket-street. In Notes and Queries, 3rd S. i. 
320, his death is wrongly stated to have taken place on the 
27th of January. His widow married the Rev. Dr. John 
Leland, whose burial was in 1766. See p. 284.] 

1729, May 10.— Archbishop King. [William King, D.D., 
Archbishop of Dublin. See p. 164.} 

1729-30, January 11. — John Murphy, Physition. 
1729-30, January 25. — A child of Higgins, y e Meal man. 
1729-30, February 24.— Thomas Williams, Quarter Master 
of Horse. 

1730, August 13 — Robert Dougket, late A.D. [Robert 
Dougatt, A.M., had been Archdeacon of Dublin, and conse- 
quently Rector of Donnybrook, 1715-1719; and was nephew 
of Archbishop King. See p. 166.] 

1731, September 13.— Madam Whittingham. [Wife of 
Charles Whittingham, D.D., Archdeacon of Dublin. See p. 
72.] 

1732, September 8 Ammoross Burges. [Ambrose 

Burges, " the late famous English undertaker, and builder of 
the Salt Works" at Ringsend. See p. 166.] 

1732-3, January 10.— Edward King, aged 101 years. 

1733, November 25. — A child of General Piece's [Pearce's] 
Servants. 

1733, December 10. — By the A.D., Sir Edward Pierce. 
[Sir Edward Lovet Pearce, M.P., a celebrated architect, and 
the builder of the Irish Parliament-house of his day. " Last 
night died at his seat at Still- Organ, Sir Edward Lovet 
Pearce, Knt, Engineer, Overseer, and Surveyor General of 
this kingdom.'' (Pue's Occurrences, 8th December. ) " Yester- 
day morning the corps of Sir Edward Lovet Pearce was 
interred at Donnybrook Church." {lb. 11th December.) 
See p. 74.] 

1733-4, February 7. — Mr. Watson, from the Workhouse. 

1734, May 18 Elizabeth, daughter to theRev d Charles 

Whittingham, on Wednesday. 

1734, October 6 Old Mrs. Birch. 

1736, April 26.— The Reverend Mr. Jones. 
1736-7, February 20. — Burlanah Bumbarry. 

1737, April 7 Old Mr. Dallamain. [In Skater's Piiblic 

Gazetteer, 11th March, 1760, this notice appeared : — "Tues- 



NOTES. 279 



day last died Mrs. Mary Delaraain, widow of the late Captain 
Henry Delamain, who was the first that brought the earthen- 
ware manufacture to perfection in this kingdom ; and since 
his decease his said widow (endowed with all the virtues of a 
good Christian, tender parent, and sincere friend) continued 
it with such advantage to the purchasers as to prevent the 
further importation of foreign wares," etc. For particulars of 
Henry Delamain, see Notes and Queries, 4th S. v. 50 (8th 
January, 1870).] 

1737, July 24. — William Jones, of Brickfield. [See p. 74.] 

1737, December 15 A Relation of Mrs. Johnson's, from 

St. Patrick's. [Stella had died 28th January, 1728.] 

1737-8, January 11 Thomas Earl, Sexton of St. Mat- 
thew's [Ringseud] 30 years. 

1737-8, January 29.— Reverend Mr. Mullan. 
1737-8, March 14.— The Wbitesides. 

1738, September 17 Mrs. Morison, midwife. [Some- 
what like an entry in the parish-register of Alrewas, 
Staffordshire : — " 1682, September 8, Ellena Alput, vidua 
(obstetrix felicissiraa), sepulta."] 

1738-9, January 20.— General Pierce. [The Right Hon. 
Lieut. -General Thomas Pearce, who "was at once Governor, 
Mayor, and Representative in Parliament, of the city of 
Limerick." " On Saturday night last, past Ten of the 
clock, the corpse of the Right Hon. Lieutenant General 
Thomas Pearce was taken out of the vault in Christ Church, 
where it was deposited, and carried in a hearse, accompanied 
with a mourning coach, to Doneybrooke Church, where it was 
interred." (Dublin Gazette, 23rd January.) He w r as bro- 
ther of Sir E. L. Pearce, whose burial in 1733 has been 
mentioned, See also p. 74.] 

1738-9, February 7 Coronet Pierce. 

1739-40, February 13 John, son to James. 

1741, August 26 Y e Reverend Michael Hartlip in St. 

Bride's [Dublin. See p. 167. The Rev. Michael Hartlib 
was Chaplain of St. Matthew'?, in succession to Mr. Borough, 

and died of a fever at his house in Ringsend Dublin Gazette, 

29th August.] 

1741, August 29.— William Roberts, Docter. [In the 
Dublin Gazette, 29th August, there is this notice of his 
death : — " Died of a decay at the house of Robert Roberts, 
at Coldblow, near this city, Doctor William Roberts, son-in- 
law to Doctor Philip Rudgate, and an advocate in the 
Spiritual Courts : he is to be buried this evening at Donney- 



280 APPENDIX III. 



Brooke Church." Many members of this family have been 
buried at Donnybrook. See p. 131.] 

1741, November 15 — Jonathan Ponder. [Mr. Jonathan 
Ponder, who kept the great inn at Rathcoole, near Dublin, 
was interred at Donnybrook. His corpse was attended to the 
grave " with an incredible number of coaches, chaises, and 
cars." — Dublin Gazette, 17th November.] 

1741-2, January 11 — Dummee Child. 

1742, May 6.— Henry Lord Power, in y e Vault of St. 
Mathew's Chappel. [Died 5th May, " Henry Lord Power 
of Ireland, of an antient and noble family. He had for many 
years a pension of £500 per ann. from the Crown." (Gen- 
tleman's Magazine, 1742, p. 274.) " Same day died Henry 
Lord Power, of an antient and noble family ; and his corps 
was interred on Thursday evening at Ring's-end Church." 
(Pile's Occurrences, 8th May.) " Last week died Henry 
Power, commonly called Lord Power. He had a pension of 
£550 per annum. Having been deemed a lunatic for some 
years past, he has been under the guardianship of Mr. Shanly. 
We hear that by his death his sister gets £1,500 due to him." 
(Dublin News-Letter, 11th May.) For particulars of Lord 
Power, see pp. 75, 167.] 

1742, September 2. — Mrs. Sennit from Butter Town 
[Booterstown]. 

1742, December 10 Frances Trotter in the Cabbage 

Garden. [See p. 168. In Crook's "Ireland and the Cente- 
nary of American Methodism " (London, 1866), p. 55, there 
is a note on the Cabbage Garden.] 

1742-3, January 4. — Hannah Williamson in a storm. 

1744, May 18 Governor Richard Fitzwilliams. 

1745, December 26 Major Francis. 

1745-6, January 22.— Mr. Rich. Crosha. [Seep. 160.] 
1745-6, February 12 Mr. Nally. [Members of this 

family have been buried at Donnybrook from time to time 

during the last two centuries. See p. 125.] 

1746, June 23. — Lady Prendergrast. 
1746, September 30 Madam Merrett. 

1747-8, February 28 Lady Newport. [See p. 75. 

" Sunday morning last the corps of the Right Hon. the Lady 
Newport was interred in the Church at Irishtown." — Dublin 
Weekly Journal, 5th March.] 

1748, July 23.— Lord Mayo's Son. [See p. 76.] 

1749, July 17.— Lady Pierce. [Widow of Sir Edward 
Lovet Pearce, who had died in 1733. See p. 278.] 



NOTES. 281 



1750, November 28. — James Lundy. [Died 27th No- 
vember, " at Ringsend, Mr. James Lundow, aged 106 years " 
(Exs7iaw's Magazine, 1750, p. 596), and was buried at St. 
Matthew's, as appears from the inscription on tombstone 
given in p. 153. There is, as may be observed, a difference 
in the date.] 

1750-1, January 24. — Mr. Carroll, a popish priest. 

1753, June 4. — Captain Icaace Wills. [See p. 125.] 

1753, December 20.— The Rev rt Dean Watts, Dean of 
Ossary. [The Very Rev. Robert Watts, D.D., Dean of St. 
Canice, Kilkenny. " Died, much lamented, at his house 
near Stephen's Green, the Rev. Dr. Watts, Dean of 
Ossory." (Pwe's Occurrences, 22nd December.) See p. 77.] 

1754, December 22. — A woman from the Quay. 
1756, January 1 S r Sheafill Austin. 

1756, April 8. — Margrett Mountany, wife to y e Hon. 
Baron Mountany. 

1757, June 11. — Benjman Mounteny, Esq. [Mrs. Mount- 
ney was the wife, and this probably the son, of the Hon. 
Richard Mountney, Baron of the Exchequer in Ireland, who 
died 9th April, 1767. In Skater's Public Gazetteer, 6th 
October, 1759, the Baron's second marriage was thus 
announced : — " Married, the Honourable Richard Mountney, 
Esq., second Baron of his Majesty's Court of Exchequer, to 
the Lady Dowager Countess of Mount-Alexander." See 
Notes and Queries, 2nd S. xii.] 

1757, August 25. — Thomas Gresdall. [For twentv-five 
years Principal Surveyor at Ringsend. See pp. 152, 165.] 

1758, January 6.— Major John Pluknett. [Major John 
Plukenett, of Donnybrook. See p. 127.] 

1758, January 8 Rob* Roberts, Esq. [See p. 131.] 

1758, March 1— Robert L d Bp* of Clogher. [Robert 
Clayton, D.D., Bishop of Clogher, whose tombstone is at 
Donnybrook. For inscription, etc., see pp. 39, 168.] 

1758, April 12.— James Tent, Esq. [The Right Hon. 
James Tynte, of Dunlavan, Co. Wicklow, who, with other 
members of the family, was buried at Donnybrook.] 

1758, May 19— Y e R*. Hon. Oliver Fitzwilliams. 

1758, June 11.— Y e R* Hon. Cathe Fitzwilliams. [In 
Archdall's " Lodge's Peerage of Ireland," vol. iv. p. 318, it 
is stated that Oliver Fitzwilliam, Earl of Tyrconnel, who died 
11th April, 1667, lies buried under a handsome tomb of 
black marble, in the chapel of the family's foundation in 
Donnybrooke-Church ; but the church, chapel, and tomb 



282 APPENDIX III. 



have disappeared. For the inscription, see p. 51. William, 
third Viscount Fitzwilliam of Merrion, died in December, 
1674, and was buried with his elder brother, the Earl of 
Tyrconnel. A curious " Note of the payments made in re- 
lation to the burial " has been preserved, and will be given.] 
1759, January 18.— Mrs. Medlicote. [Buried at St. 
Matthew's (and hot at Donnybrook, see p. 131), where her 
tombstone may be found. For mention of her death and 
character, see Shelter's Public Gazetteer, 26th January.] 

1759, February 18— Dr. Barth. Mosse. [The noble 
founder of the Lying-in-Hospital, Dublin, who was buried 
at Donnybrook. See pp. 38, 169.] 

1760/ March 11 Miss Martha Tynte. [Died 10th 

March, "in Dawson-street, the only daughter of Robert 
Tynte, of Old Baun, in the county of Dublin, Esq." — 
Skater's Public Gazetteer, 15th March.] 

1760, June 25.— Robt. Tynte, Esq. [He was father of 
the preceding, and died 13th June. " On his way to Bath, 
Robert Tynte, of Old Baun, in the county of Dublin, Esq." 
(Sleater's Public Gazetteer, 24th June.) " Tuesday, the 
Lively Galley, Capt. Williams, arrived from Park-gate with 
Mr. Tynte's remains, which were interred at Donnybrook 
the day following."— lb. 28th June.] 

1761, January 24.— Ralph Ellrinton. [The death of Mr. 
Ralph Elrington, comedian, at his lodgings in Temple Bar, 
was announced in the Dublin Journal, 27th January.] 

1761, September 19. — The Hon. Judeth Fitzwilliams. 

1762, January 12. — Rebeck Lescuer. [Among the deaths 
recorded in the Dublin Magazine for this year, is that of 
Widow Lescure, of Ringsend, aged 102.] 

1762, January 21.— Rev d Dr. John Winn. [The Rev. 
John Wynne, A.M., Precentor of St. Patrick's, Dublin. See 
p. 79.] 

1762, February 1. — Ralph Lambert, Esq. 

1762, March 25.— Arther Newburgh, Esq. [Died 23rd 
March, "at his house on Finglas-road, Arthur Newburgh, 
Esq., Secretary to the Right Hon. and Hon. the Trustees of 
the Linen Manufacture." (Skater's Public Gazetteer , 27th 
March). He was succeeded by his eldest son, Broghill 
Newburgh, Esq.] 

1762, April 4 John Vavisor. [John Vavasor, who was 

buried at St. Matthew's, where his tomb mav be seen. See 
p. 153.] . 

1762, May 7. — Mrs. Newburgh, wife to Arth* New- 



NOTES. 283 



burgh, Esq. [She was younger daughter of John Cole, 
Esq., of Florence-Court, Co. Fermanagh. See p. 168.] 

1762, July 14.— Jos. Medlicott. [Died 12th July, "in 
Stephen-street, Joseph Medlicott, Esq., Register of the dio- 
cese of Armagh, and one of the Proctors of the Courts 
of Delegates, Prerogative, Consistory, and Admiralty." 
(Skater's Public Gazetteer, 17th July.) His wife had died 
in 1759.] 

1762, July 16.— Col 1 George Jocelyn. [See p. 75.] 

1762, November 17.— The Rev d John Goodicheau. [?] 

1763, March 27.— James Doyne, Esq. [Died 21st March, 
" at his house near Donnybrook, James Doyne, Esq." — 
Skater's Public Gazetteer, 29th March]. 

1763, August 28. — Nisbitt Usher, Surveyor of Ringsend. 
[Died 26th August, " at Ringsend, Nesbit Usher, Esq., 
Principal Surveyor of Ringsend, a gentleman of very amiable 
character." {Skater's Public Gazetteer, 27th August.) 
"Richard Charters, Esq., appointed Surveyor of Ringsend," 
12th September, in room of Nesbit Usher, Esq., deceased. — 
Ex sham's Magazine, 1763, p. 564.] 

1763, December 3. — Mr. Warner, 2 children, and mead. 
[See p. 154 ; and Dublin Magazine, vol. iv. p. 771.] 

1764, March 21.— Jane Moss. [Died 19th March, "in 
Great Britain-street, Mrs. Jane Mosse, widow of the late 
Dr. Mosse, Projector of the Lying-in- Hospital," who had 
been buried at Donnybrook in 1759. (Skater's Public 
Gazetteer, 24th March.) Their marriage, which took place 
6th October, 1743, was announced in these terms: — " Mr. 
Bartholomew Mosse, an eminent Surgeon and Man-midwife, 
was married to Miss Whittingham, only daughter to the 
late Rev d Dr. Charles Whittingham, Archdeacon of Dublin, 
a very agreeable young lady with a large fortune." — Dublin 
News-Letter, 8th October, 1743.] 

1764, June 24. — Geo. Clayton. 

1765, December 18. — John Joeslin, Esq. [" John Jocelyn, 
Esq., a Major on half-pay, and nearly allied to the Rt. 
Hon. Lord Vise. Jocelyn." (Exshaw's Magazine, 1765, 
p. 784.) See also Skater's Public Gazetteer, 17th De- 
cember. He was buried " in the family-vault at Irish- 
town," otherwise St. Matthew's, Ringsend, as stated in 
p. 76.] 

1766, January 8 Cathrcn Clayton, y e Bp' 8 wife. 

[Widow of Bishop Clayton, who had been buried at Donny- 
brook in 1758. Died "Jan. 5, at Stephen's-green, Mrs. 



284 APPENDIX III. 



Clayton, relict of the late Lord Bishop of Clogher." — Skater's 
Public Gazetteer, 7th January.] 

1766, January 16. — Zacharias Woodward. 

1766, January 19.— The Rev d Dr. John Layland. [See 
p. 80; Gilbert's " History of Dublin," vol. ii. p. 311; and 
" The Life of the learned John Leland of Dublin, well 
known by his writings in defence of Christianity, by Isaac 
Weld, D.D.," in Exshaw's Magazine, 1766, pp. 217-220. 
" An excellent likeness, from an original picture in the pos- 
session of Dr. Wilson," is given in the Gentleman's Magazine, 
1803, p. 1129.] 

1766, May 28.— Chittwood Eustace, Esq. [Died " May 
26, Chetwood Eustace, of Harristown, Co. Kildare, Esq." 
(Exshaw's Magazine, 1766, p. 444.) For some curious 
particulars of this gentleman's mansion, see " A Tour 
through Ireland," by two English Gentlemen, p. 239 
(Dublin, 1748).] 

1767, July 27 John Cambell, a popish priest 

1768, July 1.— Te Rev d Dr. Will Moss. 

[The parish-register for thirty-two years before 1800 
having long since disappeared (see p. 269), the following 
particulars are extracted from the visitation-returns. These 
annual returns from the parish of Donnybrook date from 
1775.] 

MARRIAGES. 

1778, December 26.— By License, by Rev d George Brad- 
dell, Michael Croker and Mary Braddell. 

1781, April 20.— By License, by Rev d Gore Wood, 
Walter Wade, M.D., and Mary Chambers. [Dr. Wade 
was the author of a volume, entitled " Catalogus Plantarum 
in Comitatu Dubliniensi Inventarum " (Dublin, 1794), and 
other botanical publications.] 

1781, August 20. — By License, by same, William 
Walker and Henrietta Higginbotham. 

1782, July 16 — By License, by same, William Henn, 
Esq., and Susanna Lovett. 

1782, August 10 — By License, by same, Francis Casey, 
Esq., and Mary Henn. 

1783, July 25. — By License, by Rev d Mr. Ryan, Chaplain 
to the Right Hon. Lady Lisle, John Travers, Esq., and the 
Hon. Grace Lysaght. [See p. 173.] 



NOTES. 285 



1786, March 11. — William Chapman and Martha Roe. 

1790, April 19 Rev d Henry Murray and Emma 

Dawson. 

1796, August 20. — The Reverend Henry Francis Cary, 
of Staffordshire, and Miss Jane Ormsby, daughter to James 
Ormsby, Esq., of Sandymount. [See " Memoir of the Rev. 
Henry Francis Cary, M.A., Translator of Dante,"etc. (2 vols. 
London, 1847) ; in the first volume of which, p. 84, there 
is a slight inaccuracy as to the date of this marriage. See 
also Notes and Queries, 4th S. vii. 137, 465.] 

1796, September 9. — Mr. Samuel Ashworth and Miss 
Eliza Prise. 

1798, April 14 — By License, Gabriel Stokes and Eliza- 
beth Haughton. 

1798, May 5. — By License, by Rev d Gore Wood, James 
Taylor, of the city of Dublin, Merchant, and Wilhelmina 
Roe, of this parish, Spinster. 

1798, June 6 By License, by Rev<* Thos. Goffe, Wil- 
liam Trocke, of Abbey Street, Dublin, Esq., and Jane Pains, 
of this parish, Spinster. 

1798, June 23 By License, by Rev d Gore Wood, Richard 

Sunderland, of Liverpool, and Jane Roe, of this parish, 
Spinster. 

1798, By License, by Rev d Gore Wood, 

Thomas Franklin, of Temple-bar, Dublin, Merchant, and 
Elizabeth Pidgeon, of this parish, Spinster. 

1799, April 15 — By License, Richard Webb, of Long- 
ford, and Jane Webb, of this parish, Spinster. 

1799, October 16. — By License, by Rev d Gore Wood, 
John Smithers, of Capel Street, Dublin, and Sarah Trocke, 
of this parish. 

1800, February 25. — By License, by same, Andrew 
Dalton, of Cork Bridge, Dublin, Brewer, and Cecily Porter, 
of this parish, Spinster. 

BURIALS. 

1775, November 16. — Santrey Francess, Esq. 

1775, November 22. — John Usher. 

1776, January 7. — Thos. Foot. 

1776, March 7 Mrs. Mary Mountainy. [Was she con- 
nected with Baron Mountney, whose wife, " Margrett 
Mountany," was buried in 1756 ?] 

1776, May 21 Mr. James Harding. 

1776, May 25 Miss Foote. < 



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1776, Mav 27— Rich d Lord Vise 6 Fitzwilliam. [See 
pp. 114, 171.] 

1776, December 9 — Sam 1 Thomas. 
1778, May 29:— Miss Elizabeth Fleming. 

1778, November 23. — Capt a James Langston. [Captain 
Francis Langston, of Dublin, as on his tombstone at 
Donnybrook.] 

1779, April 20.— Mr, George McQuay. 

1779, October 18. — At Ringsend, Margaret Vavasor. 

1780, February 4. — John Causier. 

1780, July 2.— At Donnybrook, Hon Me Lieut* Col 1 
Francis Napier. [See p. 171.] 

1781, July 17. — At Donnybrook, James Stewart. 
1781, August 12.— At Ringsend, George Macklin. [See 

p. 152.] 

1781, October 11. — At Donnybrook, Leathern Joanes. 

1781, November 14. — At Donnybrook, Thomas Newburg, 

1782, March 31. — At Donnybrook, Rev d Doctor Wynne. 
1782, June 24.— At Donnybrook, Cath r Moulds. [Many 

members of the Mowlds family have been buried at Donny- 
brook. See p. 129.] 

1782, October 25 Eliz. Sankey. [See p. 128.] 

1782, December 6. — Peter Vavisor. [His tombstone is 
at St. Matthew's. See p. 153.] 

1783, August 24 Mrs. Foster, wife of Rev d Doctor 

Foster. [Buried at Donnybrook. Dr. Forster was buried 
there in 1788. See p. 130.] 

1784, March 9 Rev d Doctor Benson. [Thomas Benson, 

D.D., Vicar Choral of St. Patrick's, Dublin. See p. 173.] 

1784, March 19. — Alderman Sankey. [His tombstone 
is at Donnybrook. See p. 128.] 

1784, March 20 Father Field. 

1784, July 21.— Cathrine Roberts. 

1784, November 25. — John Taylor. 

1785, June 15. — Wm. Owenson. [See p. 157.] 

1785, July 27 — Luizia D'Olier. [Daughter of Jeremiah 
D'Olier, Esq., of Collegnes, Booterstown. Several members 
of this family have been buried at Donnybrook. See p. 
135.] 

1785, November 13. — At Donnybrook, Sir Jas. Tent. 
[See p. 127. A copy of what was on his tombstone, may 
be found near the close of the next Note.~\ 

1786, February 25 At Irishtown, the Rev d Mr. 

Thomson. 



NOTES. 



1786, May 14. — At Donnybrook, Hugh Henry Mitchell. 
1786, May 22. — A: Donnybrook, Steevan Rice, Esq. 
1786, June 29. — At Donnybrook, Mrs. Grace West. 
[Wife of the Rot. Matthew West. Vicar of Clane. Mr. 

West had been Curate of Donnybrook, and died 11th Sep- 
tember, IS 14. Their tombstone, with a long inscription, is 
:ny brook.] 
1786, September 7. — At Donnybrook, Bernard St. George. 

1786, October 13. — A: Donnybrook, Miss Martha Tent. 
ghter of the above-named Sir James Stratford Tynte, 

1787, October 1 At Donnybrook, Thomas Leech, 

Esq. 

1757. November 20. — A: Ringsend, Surgeon Scott. 

1788, March 13. — At Donnybrook. Mrs. Veasey. [Mrs. 
Frances Vesey, relict of the Rev. George Vesey, of Holly- 
mount. Co. Mayo. See p. 129. John Vesey, D.D., Arch- 
er' Tuam, died 28th March. 1716. in his seventy-ninth 

year, and was buried at Hollymount, his place of residence. 

ton's "Fasti Ecclesue Hiberniea?," vol. iv. p. 16.) 

\g this prelate's lifetime, his eldest son. Sir Thomas 

Vesey. Bart [EneaJ ancestor of Viscount DeVesci), was 

successively Appointed bo :~e bishoprics of KUlaloe (1713) 

>s::y (1714).] 

1788, May 13 At Donnybrook, John Vesey, Esq. 

[Second son of the preceding.] 

1788, August 26.— Eliz h ^ D'Olier. [See p. 135.] 

1788, October 1 Rev 4 Dr. Foster. ^The Key. John 

Forster. D.D. See p. 130.] 

17^S, November 9 Dorothy Whitingham. 

17SS. November 2S. — Godfrey Mountain. 
17-0. May 11 — Ambrose Mitchell. 

1790, January 23. — At Donnybrook, Samuel Thomas. 
17J ), August 15. — At Irishtown, Nath. Foot. 

1791, February 3. — At Donnybrook, Eliz h Dowries. 
1791, April 9."— At Irishtown. Rob* Roe. [His tomb- 
stone is at St Matthew's. From him was descended, amongst 

a, the late George Roe, Esq., D.L., of Nutley, Donny- 
brook.] 

1791, April IS. — At Donnybrook, Jos. Butler. Esq. 

1791, April 22.— At Donnybrook, Edward Lord, Esq. 

1792, Januarv 1. — At Irishtown. Mrs. Evelin. [See 
P. 152.] 

1793 — At Donnvbrook. Miss Carlonia Bellen. 



288 APPENDIX III. 



1794, June 2. — George Harkness. [His tombstone is at 
Donnybrook.] 

1794, October 26 Rev<* Mr. Nicholson. [Roman Ca- 
tholic clergyman of Booterstown, Blackrock, and Dundrum.] 

1795, April 3.— Mr. Pidgeon. 

1796, May 24 Miss Roberts. [Eldest daughter of John 

Roberts, Esq., of Old Connaught, Bray. See p. 131.] 

1796, August 31 Samuel Thomas. 

1796, Septembers. — Miss Charlotte Billing. 
1796, October 25 Miss Uniack. 

1796, December 30.— Mrs. Ball. 

1797, May 6 Frances Phillippi Medlicot. 

1797, May 7 Mrs. Draught. [Wife of the Rev. Dr. 

Drought, S.F.T.C.D., and buried at Donnybrook. See 
p. 130.] 

1797, July 16.— Mrs. Whittingham. 

1799, January 21 — Lady Barry. 

1800, March 6 — Mrs. Eliza Closey, relict of the late 
Samuel Clossey, Esq., M.D. 



Note (Hi.) 

Donnybrook Graveyard. — Many tombstone inscrip- 
tions having appeared in pp. 124-138, 152-157, it has 
been resolved to add to the number ; and accordingly other 
inscriptions, over the graves of persons who were of more or 
less note in their respective stations, have been carefully 
transcribed for the purpose. In several cases the stones have 
suffered severely from the effects of the weather ; for example, 
the one erected over the grave of Sir James Stratford Tynte, 
Bart, mentioned in p. 127. The greater portion of the in- 
scription upon it has disappeared ; but through the foresight 
of the late Sir William Betham (who copied many of the 
inscriptions at Donnybrook and elsewhere), the full par- 
ticulars have been preserved, and are given below. To his- 
torians, topographers, genealogists, and others, such inscrip- 
tions have oftentimes proved most useful ; and it is much 
to be wished that measures should at once be taken through- 
out the land to have them properly transcribed and recorded 



NOTES. 289 



for the public good. With this object in view, and to show 
what may be done with a little trouble, the following are 
submitted to the reader : — 

[Continued from p. 138.] 

LXIV. 

" Here lyes the body of Mr. Anthony Maynard, who 
departed this life the 6th of Oct r , 1703, in the 76th year of 
his age." 

LXV. 

" Here lyeth the body of John Archdeacon, who departed 
this life the 27th of May, in the yeare of our Lord 1706. 
Patrick Archdeacon, his father, caused this stone to be set 
here." [" This name is traceable in the Local and Family 
History of the counties of Kilkenny and Galway from a very 
early period, and subsequently in Cork." (D'Alton's 
" Illustrations of King James' Irish Army List, 1689," 
vol, i., p. 382.) Mr. D'Alton makes mention of several 
members of the family ; and the name appears under dif- 
ferent forms — Archdekin, le Ercedekne, Lercedekene, le 
Ercedecyne, Archdakne, and Archdeacon.] 

LXVI. 

" Here lies the body of Thos. Motley, of Eingsend, ship- 
wright, who died 2nd July, 1722, aged 60. Also the body 
of Elizabeth, wife to the above, who died 5th August, 1747, 
aged 83. As also the body of James Motley, son of James 
Motley, who died 31st May, 1752, aged 10. Here also 
lieth the body of James Motley, of George's Quay [Dublin], 
Merch*, who died 29th August, 1768, aged 63. This stone 
was erected bv his wife, Elizabeth Motley." [John Motley 
was Churchwarden of Donny brook in 1737.] 

Lxvir. 
" Here lyeth the body of Elizabeth Quinn, wife of John 
Quinn, who departed this life the 4th day of December, 
1722. Also 4 of her children." 



" Here lyeth the bodies of Mr. Wm. Hurst and Ellen, his 
wife; he died April 27th, 1725, aged 74 years; she died 
August 28th, 1728, aged 64 years. Also the bodies of ten 
children of Mr. Wm. Hurst, Merch*, son of the above-named 
Wm. & Ellen Hurst. The last of said children, named 



290 APPENDIX III. 



Wm., the only son, died Nov r 6tb, 1753, aged 5 years. 
Also tbe body of Ellen Gillmer, wife of James Gillmer, 
daughter of the above Wm. Hurst, Merch t ; she died 
August, 1757, aged 27 years. Also the body of Ellen 
Hurst, wife of Wm. Hurst, mother of the above-named 
Ellen; she died March 23rd, 1758, aged 58 years. Also 
the body of James Gillmer, husband of the above-named 
Ellen ; he died March 28th, 1758, aged 25 years. Also 
the body of Mary Gillmer, wife of John Gillmer, Esq r , 
daughter of the above-named Wm. Hurst, Merch* ; she died 
July 3rd, 1768, aged 40 years." 

LXIX. 

" Here lieth the body of Mr. Edward Lord, of St 
Warbrs Street, Dublin, Apothecary, who departed this life 
on Sunday, the 3rd of Novb r , 1728, aged 42 years. Also 
his wife, Lydia Lord, who departed this life ye 14th Jan 7 , 
1767, aged 75 years. Also her daughter-in-law, Cassandra 
Lord, who departed this life ye 29th October, 1769, aged 
39 years." [See p. 277.] 

LXX. 

" This stone and burial-place belongeth unto Mrs. Ann 
Black, alias Bently, of Brabston Street, for her and her pos- 
terity. Here lyeth the body of Mr. Charles Black, husband 
of y e above-named, who departed this life the 20th day of 
February, A.D. 173}, in the 53rd year of his age." 

LXXI. 

"Here lieth the body of Grizzel Carther, who departed 
this life y e 1st of March, 1740, aged 52 years. Also one 
daughter and four grandchildren." 



" Here lyeth the body of Mr. George Anderson, who died 
the 31st of December, 1742, aged 37 years." [Mr. Anderson 
had been Churchwarden of Donnybrook in 1734.] 



*' This ground and stone was purchased by Mrs. Mary 
Donovan, in memory of her beloved husband, Mr. Morgan 
Donovan, who departed this life ye 14th of March, 1746, 
aged 52 yr s , and was interred here. Also two of his chil- 
dren. Here also lyeth the body of Miss Mary Donovan, 
daughter of the above Mr. Morgan Donovan, who departed 



XOTES. 291 



this life the 7th of November, 1751, in the 21st year of her 
age. Here lyeth the body of Mr. Daniel Donovan, Mer- 
chant, son of the above Morgan, vrho departed this life the 
28th of March, 1758, in the 26th year of his age. Here 
lyeth the body of Mr. Peter Donovan, son of the above 
Morgan, who departed this life the 25th of October, 1759, 
in the 24th year of his age. Here lyeth the body of Mrs. 
Mary Donovan, wife of the above Mr. Morgan Donovan, 
who departed this life the 18th day of July, Anno Domini 
1762, in the 60th year of her age." 

LXXIV. 

11 Here lieth the body of Arthur Connolly, with two of 
his children, who departed this life July the 7th, 1746, aged 
40." [" Buried, July ye 9, 1746, Mr. Conolly."— Parish 
Register.] 

LXXV. 

u Here lyeth the body of Mr. John Eliot, of the parish of 
Donnybrook, who departed this life the 19th day of Decem- 
ber, 1746, aged 70 years. Thi* stone was erected for him, 
his wife, and family. I. Rid r [sic], died Febr y the 16th, 
1753, aged 10 years." ["Buried, December y e 21, 1746, 
Mr. Elliott"— Parish Register.] 

LXXVI. 

M This stone was erected by Mrs. Honor McCarty to the 
memory of her mother Honor, and sister, Margarett Rans- 
ford, alias McCarty, October, 1747." 

LXXVII. 

" Here lieth the body of Mrs. Mary Butler, who departed 
this life January, 1748, aged 72. Here also lieth the body of 
Mrs. Ann Taylor, who died the 16th February, 1778, aged 
83. Also John Butler, Esq r , son to the above Ann, who 
departed this life March 3rd, 1783, aged 58. Here are 
deposited the remains of Matthew Handcock, who discharged 
the duties of an important office under Government in the 
Castle of Dublin [Deputy-Muster-Master-General], with 
zeal and ability, fur a period of fifcy years, and until its 
abolition. He died the 2nd day of August, 1824, aged 74 
years. The remains of his much loved and deeply lamented 
widow, Margaret Handcock, daughter of John Butler, Esq r , 
are placed beside his. She died 20th of March, 1827, aged 
66. Their children, in token of their love, have erected a 



292 APPENDIX III. 



tablet commemorating the many virtues of their dear parents, 
in the parish-church of Tallaght, county of Dublin, near 
the family-residence of Sally-park," [in the parish of Rath- 
farnbam. The following is the inscription on the tablet re- 
ferred to : — " Sacred to the memory of Matthew Handcock, 
late of Sally-Park, county of Dublin, Esquire. He was 
appointed Deputy-Muster-Master General to His Majesty's 
Forces in Ireland in the year 1772 ; which employment he 
held for a period of fifty years, and until the duties of that 
Department were transferred to the English Establishment. 
His talents and services were justly estimated and remune- 
rated on the reduction of the office. He married in the year 
1778 Margaret, the daughter of John Butler, Esquire, late 
First Clerk in the office of the Secretary for the Civil De- 
partment in Ireland, by whom he had fourteen children. By 
a judicious and honourable economy he was enabled to gratify 
the affectionate and benevolent disposition of his heart towards 
his numerous relatives, and to provide for his immediate 
family. This tablet was erected by his widow and children 
as a memorial of their love. Decessit 2 do Augusti, A.D. 
1824, iEtatis 74. Deservedly lamented, Margaret, his 
widow, died 20th March, 1827, aged SQ^ 

LXXVIII. 

" Here lyeth ye body of Mr. George Golding, of ye city 
of Dublin, dec d April ye 29th, 1749, aged 54." [" Buried, 
George Golden, 30th April, 1749." — Parish Register. ~\ 

LXXIX. 

" 1749. Memento Mori. This burial-place belongs to 
Jo 11 Burrowes, of ye city of Dublin, Chandler, and his pos- 
terity. Here lieth ye body of Wm. Burrowes, father of 
ye above ; and Marg* Burrowes, daughter [illegible."] 
[" Buried, Mrs. Borros, 6th November, 1749." — Parish 
Register. ~] 

LXXX. 

" This stone and burial-place belongs to Walter Nugent 
and his posterity. Here lyeth ye body of Mary Sexton, 
who died the 23rd May, 1754, aged 60 years. Here also 
the body of Richard Scanlon, who died August 19th, 1754, 
aged 19 years. Also the body of Catherine Dillon, who 
died Febr y the — , 1754-5, aged 23 years." 

LXXXI. 

" This stone and place of rest belongs to Mr. Thos. 



NOTES. 293 



Mathews, of Gordon's-lane, Surveyor to the Hon ble City of 
Dublin. Here lieth the remains of Miss Alice Mathews, 
sister to the above-named Thos. Mathews, who departed this 
life, expecting a better, which she truly merited, the 18th. 
day of January, 1757, aged 24 years. Here also lieth the 
remains of Mrs. Susanna Fitzgerald, who departed this life 
the 23rd day of November, 1772, aged 72 years. Here 
likewise lieth the body of Mrs. Martha Mathews, wife to the 
above-mentioned Thos. Mathews, who departed this life the 
2nd day of May, 1782, aged 41 years. The above-named 
Thomas Mathews died the 27th of June, 1782, aged 63 years, 
and lies buried here." 

LXXXII. 

" Here lyeth the body of Thomas Thomas, late of Saint 
Kevan's Port, in the county of Dublin, Gentleman ; the 
kindest father, a dutifull son, most faithfull and tender hus- 
band, best of masters, a sincere friend and cheerfull com- 
panion, an industrious honest man, a real Christian, whose 
many virtues are justly regretted, and will be ever revered 
by his afflicted, gratefull children, friends, and acquaintances. 
He departed this life the 13th day of May, 1757, in the 
sixty-sixth year of his age. [Mr. Thomas had been Church- 
warden of Donnybrook in 1719.] Here lye also the bodies 
of Elinor, his wife, fifteen of their children, and four of their 
grandchildren. William Thomas, his afflicted son, hath 
placed this stone in gratefull remembrance of his dearest 
father, and hath reserved this burial-place for himself and 
his family. 1757." ['■ Buried, Elinor Thomas, 8th January, 
1757;" and "Thomas Thomas, 15th May, 1757." — Parish 
Register. ~] 

LXXXIII. 

" Here lieth the body of Mrs. Ann Power, wife to Mr. 
Anthony Power, who departed this life the 11th of July, 
1759. As also the body of Mrs. Margaret Reily, her sister, 
wife to Mr. Michael Reily, who departed this life the 23rd 
of March, 1766. As also 3 of her children. Here lieth the 
body of Mr. Anthony Power, who departed this life the 8th 
of February, 1769, in the 71st year of his age. Here also 
lieth the body of Mr. Michael Reily, who departed this life 
the 24th of April, 1770, in the 61st year of his age. Here 
lieth the body of Catherine Brenan, otherwise Reily, wife of 
Thomas Brenan, and daughter of said Michael Reily, who 
died the 7th September, 1771." 

U 



294 APPENDIX III. 



" This stone and burial-place belongeth to Philip Emor, 
of the city of Dublin, Merchant, and his posterity. Here 
lieth the body of Henry Sandes, Gen 4 , son-in-law to the 
above Philip Emor, who departed this life the 15th July, 
1760, in the 36th year of his age. Here also lieth the body 
of the above Philip Emor, who departed this life the 31st 
March, 1762, in the 63rd year of his age." [" Buried, 
Hen r Sandes, 17th July, 1760"; and "Philip Emor, 3rd 
April, 1762." — Parish Register,'] 

LXXXV. 

" Here lieth the body of Mr. Michael Field, Sycamore 
Alley, Dublin, who died the 12th of April, in the year of our 
Lord God 1761, aged 59 years. This stone was erected by 
his wife, Elizabeth Field." 

LXXXVI. 

" This stone and burial-place belongeth to Mr. John Salt, 
of [Sir John] Kogerson's Quay [Dublin], for him and his 
posterity. 1762. Here lieth eight of his children." 

LXXXVII. 

" Beneath this stone lieth the body of Mrs. Sarah Nangle, 
of Clarendon-street, Dublin, who died the 21st March, A.D. 
1767, aged 64 years. Also the body of Mr. George Nangle, 
her husband, who died the 29th of April, A.D. 1773, aged 
68 years. Also the body of Eleanor Nangle, their daughter, 
who died the 18th of January, A.D. 1792, aged 53 years." 
["Buried, Sarah Nangell, 24th March, 1767."— Parish 
Register.'] 

LXXXVIII. 

" This stone and vault was erected by Capt n Moses Welsh, 
of the city of Dublin, for him and his posterity, and in 
memory of his wife, Allices Welsh, who departed this life 
the 8th of March, 1785, aged 44 years." 

LXXXIX. 

" Beneath this stone rest the mortal remains of Thomas 
Taylor, of Upper Baggot Street, Co. Dublin, Esq r , who died 
17th March, 1850, aged 71 years. A sincere Christian, 
kind husband, fond father, steadfast friend. Here also are 
deposited the mortal remains of his wife above recorded. 
[See No. xliii. p. 134.] Th'is simple tribute of affection 



NOTES. 295 



and regret is placed to the memory of her beloved parents 
by their last surviving child, Jane Anne O'Shaughnessy." 

xc. 

" This burial-place belongeth to Mr. Geo. Harkness, of 
[79, Stephen-street, in] the city of Dublin, Jeweller, and 
his posterity, A.D. 1774." [See p. 288.] 



" This ground was purchased by Matt w Rourke, of Mill- 
town Road, Merchant. Here lieth the body of his dear wife, 
Abigail Rourke, who departed this life the 5th day of 
August, 1775." 

xcir. 

" This stone and burial-place belongeth to Captain Francis 
Langston, of the city of Dublin. Here lyeth the body of 
Elizabeth Langston, his wife, who departed this life the 7th 
day of December, 1776, aged 61 years. [Here follow twelve 
lines, which were " set down at the desire of her most 
affectionate husband."] Here lieth the above-named Cap* 
Francis Langston, who departed this life Nov r 21st, 1778, 
aged 56 years. He was beloved by all as a sincere friend, 
a good companion, and one of the best of husbands. As a 
small token of his merit, and in grateful remembrance of him, 
these lines were inserted at the instance of Catherine 
Langston, his second wife." [" Buried, Capt. James Lang- 
ston, Nov r 23rd, 1778." — Visitation-return, Dublin.'] 

XCIII. 

" This stone is erected by Chas. Swan, of the city of 
Dublin, Gent., in the year 1778. Here lieth the body of 
his sister, Elizabeth Dwyer, her husband, and child, departed 
this life in the year 1775. Here lieth the bodys of two 
Margarets, children of the said Chas. : one departed this life 
the 17th Sept 1 , 1778, and [the other] the 1st day of 
October, 1780. Rich* Swan, father of s* Cha s , aged 68, 
died 23rd Nov r , 1781. Rich<* and Eliz h , children of s<* 
Charles, 23rd April, 1781." 



11 This stone was erected by Mrs. Christian Sallery to the 
memory of her beloved husband, Mr. John Sallery, of the 
city of Dublin, Ironmonger, who departed this life April the 
5th, 1780, in the 61th year of his age." 



296 APPENDIX III. 



" This stone and burial-place belongeth to Mr. John Ben- 
nett and his posterity. Here lieth the body of his wife, Mrs. 
Mary Bennett, who departed this life 21st May, 1783, aged 
46 years." 

xcvi. 

" Here lyeth the body of Mr. Joseph Nassau, who departed 
this life on the 29th of October, 1783, aged 58 years." 
xcvn. 

" This stone was erected to the memory of Mr. Robert and 
Mrs. Honora Rogers, who were interred near this place, by 
their affectionate son, Jona n Rogers, of Capel-street, in the 
city of Dublin, Gent n . Here lieth Robt., son of said Jona- 
than, who died 6th May, 1785, aged 4 years. Also the body 
of Eliza, daughter of the said Jonathan Rogers, who died 
March 12th, 1794, aged 6 year3. Underneath lieth the body 
of Rebecca, the beloved wife of the above-named Jonathan 
Rogers, who departed this life March the 16th, 1824, in the 
75th year of her age." [" Buried, Jonathan Rogers, of Bel- 
vedere-place, Dublin, aged 82, 11th November, 1832." — 
Parish Register. ] 

XCVIII. 

" Here lieth the body of Mrs. Alice Armstrong, who de- 
parted this life July the 17th, 1785, aged 27 years." 

xcix. 
" Here rest in humble trust of a resurrection to glory, the 
remains of Mrs. Grace West, wife of the Rev d Matthew 
West, formerly Cnrate-Assistant of this parish. To those 
who knew her, a recital of her worth is most unnecessary, 
and to those who knew her not, truth might appear like 
flattery. Suffice it, then, to say, that she has left behind her 
a justly disconsolate husband. She was taken from him on the 
27th day of June, 1786, after an union of near sixteen years. 

' Too soon divorced, yet oh ! be calm, my heart, 
And bless the dread award that bade us part. 
Severely kind the stroke Heav'n's mercy gave, 
And wounded deep, because it wish'd to save. 
Taught now the emptiness of all below, 
In due humility myself to know, 
The worm's frail brother, offspring of the dust, 
My bliss a bubble, and a reed my trust. 
On Thee, great God, then let this soul depend ; 
Be Thou the solitary mourner's Friend ; 
Thro' life, thro' death, his wand'ring footsteps guide, 
And join above whom here Thou didst divide.' 



NOTES. 297 



Also here lyeth the body of the Rev d Matthew West, Vicar 
of Clane [in the diocese of Kildare], who dep d this life 
Sep r the 11th, 1814, in the 66th year of his age." 
['■ Buried, Mrs. Grace West, at Donnybrook, 29th June, 
1786" (Visitation-return); and "Buried, Rev d Matthew 
West, 13th September, 1814" (Parish Register). For 
mention of Mr. West and his writings, see pp. 88, 196.] 

c. 
" Henry Fox. His remains were laid here 20th Sep r , 1787. 
He lived a faithfull, diligent, and honest servant to the same 
master during the last eighteen years of his life, and died at 
the age of thirty-six. His goodness, benevolence, and 
charity, particularly to the poor of this neighbourhood, 
altho' he was not born or bred in Ireland, is the cause why 
this stoge was erected. Go, do thou likewise." 

ci. 

" Here lieth the body of Denis Doran, late of the city of 
Dublin, Esq r , who departed this life on the thirtieth day of 
January, in the year of our Lord 1788, in the eightieth 
year of his age. And also the bodies of Catherine Doran, 
his wife, and Edmund Doran, his son." 



" Here lieth the remains of Frances Butler, daughter to 
Francis Butler, and only child of her disconsolate mother, 
who died the 12th August, 1788, in the 16th year of her 
age." 

cm. 

" Here lies the body of Mrs. Sarah Keating, daughter of 
Maurice Keatinge, Esq r , of Narraghmore [in the county of 
Kildare], who departed this life on the 13th of March, 
A.D. 1789, in the 63rd year of her age. Her life was 
devoted to the offices of charity, the claims of friendship, 
and the duties of religion. The humble, yet steadfast hope 
of a happy resurrection, which supported her meek spirit 
through the anguish of long disease, is the sole remaining 
consolation of her most afflicted friends." [Maurice Keating, 

Esq r > M.P. for Harristown, died in May, 1777 Exshaw's 

Magazine, 1777, p. 440.] 



" This burial-place belongs to Mrs. Margaret Ashwortb, 
widow, by whom this stone was erected to the memory of 



298 APPENDIX III. 



her eldest daughter, Sarah Ash worth, who lieth here, having 
departed this life in the 46th year of her age, the 22nd day 
of March, 1790." 



" Elinor Mac Carty, widow of the late John Mac Carty, 
Esqr, Barrister-at-law, and daughter of the late Edward 
Eustace, Esq r > of Castlemore, in the county of Catherlough 
[Carlow], She departed this life the 7th day of January, 
A.D. 1792, aged 65 years." 



" In memory of Eliza Anne Galway, daughter of Wm. 
Gamble Galway [Merchant], of [26, North Anne-street, in] 
the city of Dublin, and Jane Anne, his wife, died y e 11th of 
April, 1792." 

cvn. 

" Here lieth the remains of Mr. William Paine, late of 
Coldblow-lane [now Belmont-avenue], in this parish, who 
departed this life the 25th day of September, 1792, in the 
78th year of his age. Also Mrs. Judith Paine, his widow, 
who died the 11th Jan ry , 1795, aged 78 years. Also Mr. 
Wm. Brady, grandson to the above, who departed this life 
the 8th October, , in the 19th year of his age." 



" This stone was erected by John Peters, of [15] Leinster- 
street, Dublin, as a small tribute of respect to the memory 
of his amiable and beloved wife, Mrs. Susanna Peters, who 
departed this life the 21st day of September, 1799, aged 30 
years." 

cix. 

" This stone was erected by Thomas Geraghty, in order to 
preserve undisturbed the remains of his father and mother, 
Daniel and Anne Geraghty, formerly of King's Court, Co. 
Cavan, which are here deposited. Anne, his mother, died 
6th Dec^ 1800, and his father died 31st July, 1804. . . . 
Here also rest the remains of James Geraghty, son of the 
above-named Daniel and Anne Geraghty, who departed this 
life Deer 6th, 1812, aged 38 years. And those of Miss Mary 
Callaghan, of Denmark-street [Dublin], grand-daughter of 
Daniel and Anne Geraghty, who died Sepr 18th, 1815, aged 
9 years and 2 months." 



NOTES. 299 



ex. 
M This tombstone was erected Feb y 1, 1801. Here lies 
interred the bodies of Fergus Fowler, the elder, James Fowler, 
and Rebecca Fowler, children of the said Fergus Fowler." 

CXI. 

" Here lieth the body of Mr. Darby Kehoe, late of Dame 
St. [Dublin] Silversmith, aged 52 years, departed this life 
Dec r the 22nd, 1801. Also Elizabeth, his wife, departed 
this life March the 12th, 1795, aged 40 years. Likewise 
three of their infant children, viz., Win. T., John N., and 
Elizabeth Kehoe. Also Mr. John Kehoe, aged 19 years, 
died 10th Oct', 1802." 

cxn. 

" This tomb is erected to the memory of Mr. George 
Rencher, of Merrion View, in the [parish of Donnybrook, 
and] county of Dublin, who departed this life on the 18th 
March, 1803, in the 57th [?J year of his age. Here also lieth 
the body of his wife, Christiana Rencher, alias Hawkshaw, 
who departed this life the 7th of Sept r , in the 39th [?] year 
of her age." 

cxin. 

'.' This burial-ground belongeth to John Gold, of Raggot- 
street, Dublin. Here lies the body of "William Gold, his 
son, who departed this life the 12th day of July, in the 16th 
year of his age, in life beloved, in death lamented, A.D. 
1803. Here also lieth the body of the said Mr. John Gold, 
who departed this life the 14th day of April. 1824, aged 70. 
Also the body of Mrs. Margaret Gold, his wife, who died 
the 26th of March, 1827, aged 75." [In Mount Jerome 
Cemetery, Dublin, there is this inscription : — " This vault 
was erected by John Gold, of Cullenswood Lodge [in the 
parish of Donnybrook], to receive the remains of his father, 
mother, and brother, which were removed here from Donny- 
brook graveyard ; as also the body of his sister, Mrs. Anne 
Fowler, who died on the 30th day of June, A.D. 1845, aged 
61. Here lieth also the body of John Gold, Esq., who died 
29th April, 1855, aged 73. Upright in conduct, faithful in 
friendship, sincere in religion, he left to his friends the 
remembrance of his kindness, and the example of his virtues. 
Desiring to perpetuate after death his gratitude to God, who 
had been his guide through life, he bequeathed a large 
portion of his wealth for the erection of Zion Church, 
Rathgar."] 



300 APPENDIX III. 



" Here lieth the body of Thomas Leavy, of Leeson-st., 
in the city of Dublin, who departed this life the 25th of 
March, 1805. This stone erected by his father for hirn and 
his posterity." 

cxv. 

" The burial-ground of John Hughes, Esq 1 , Charlemont- 
street [Dublin]. Here lieth the mortal remains of his 
mother, Anne Hughes, who departed this life on the 18th 
Feb y , 1806, aged 80 years. Also his daughter, Susan 
Fawcett, wife of Capt n Fawcett, Co. Dublin Militia, who 
departed this life on the 27th Sept r , 1806, aged 18 years, 
and her infant son, John Hughes Fawcett. Here lieth the 
remains of Mrs. Anne Hughes, wife of the above-named 
John Hughes, who departed this life the 5th day of March, 

1808, aged 51 years." 

CXVI. 

" In this vault is interred the body of Mr. Timothy 
M'Evoy, of Townsend St., in the city of Dublin, who de- 
parted this life 15th February, 1801, aged 52 years. He 
lived beloved, and died regretted. Also the body of his 
daughter Maria, departed this life 29th October, 1804, aged 
5 years. Also his grand-daughter, Annette Doherty, and 
the body of her father, Wm. Izod Doherty [of 34, West- 
morland-street, Dublin], who departed this life March 21st, 
1829, aged 40 years. The remains of Timothy John M'Evoy, 
Esq r , who departed this life on the 18th of December, 1829, 
aged 25 years, are likewise deposited here with his father's." 

cxvu. 
" Erected by Mary M'Dowall in memory of her husband, 
Wm. M'Dowall, who departed this life the 27th March, 

1809, aged 62 years." 

cxviii. 
" This stone and burial-place belongeth to John Smyth. 
Here lie the remains of his wife, Elizabeth Smyth, who 
departed this life February 18th, 1810, aged 33 years. Also 
three of her children. Here also lieth Tho s [s/c] Smyth, 
her beloved husband, who departed this life August 11th, 
1811, aged 40 years." 

CXIX. 

" This stone and burial-place belongs to Sam 1 Neville, of 



NOTES. 301 



Stafford-street, city of Dublin. Here lieth the remains of 
his wife, Margaret, who departed this life Nov r , 1810, aged 
34 years. Also two of his daughters, Frances and Chanty. 
Frances died May, 1815, aged 16 years. Charity, March, 
1818, aged 20 years." 

cxx. 
11 Here lie the remains of Katharine Archer, eldest daughter 
of Clement Archer, formerly of [St. Andrew's-street, in] the 
city of Dublin, M.D., and State Surgeon. She departed 
this life on the 28th of Nov 1 ", 1810, aged 36, rejoicing in 
hope. Also of Harriet Archer, third daughter of the said 
Clement Archer, who departed this life on the 7th of 
February, 1823, aged 46. Also of Jane Schoales, third 
daughter of John Schoales, Esq r , and Clementina Schoales, 
otherwise Archer, his wife. She departed this life on the 
2nd of March, 1821, aged 12 years." 

CXXI. 

" The family burial-place of Thomas Bell, M.D. [of 24, 

York-street, Dublin]. 1810." 

CXXII. 

" Here lies the body of John Piele, who died 24th March, 
1811." 

CXXIII. 

11 Here lyeth the body of Thomas O'Neil, late of Donny- 
brook, who departed this life the 13th February, 1815, in 
the 60th year of his age." 

cxxiv. 

" Sacred to the memory of Mercella, wife of Mr. N. Kelly, 
S. Great George's Street [Dublin], who died Dec r 22nd, 
1815, aged 54." 

cxxv. 

11 Here lieth the body of Charles Moore, Esq r , late of 
Cullenswood [near Donnybrook], who departed this life 
July 24th, 1816, aged 64 years. This stone was dedicated 
by his affectionate wife, Margaret Moore." 

ex XV I. 

" This stone was erected by Capt n Grant, of Donnybrook, 

in memory of Joseph Green, who departed this life the 17th 

May, 1818, aged 76 years. Also his wife, Hannah Green, 

who departed this life the 27th of March [? April], 1824, 



302 APPENDIX III. 



aged 80 years." ["Buried, Hannah Greene, 27th April, 
1824." {Parish Register.) For mention of Mrs. (not Miss) 
Green's charitable bequest, see p. 91.] 



" This stone was erected by Mr. Patrick M'Dermott, of 
Smithfleld, in memory of his beloved father-in-law, Captain 
Joseph Grant, of Donnybrook, who departed this life on the 
6th of June, 1828, aged 62 years. Also his wife, Catherine 
Grant, who departed this life on the 1st of Feb y , 1810. And 
3 of his grandchildren who died young. Also their brother, 
Mark M'Dermott, who departed this life the 5th of June, 
1829, aged 7 years." 

cxxviii. 

" This stone was erected by Charles Kenny, of Coldblow 
Lane [now Belmont-avenue, Donnybrook], in memory of 
his daughter, Mrs. Margaret Smyth, who departed this life 
January 4th, 1819, aged 26 years. Also his beloved wife, 
Mrs. Anne Kenny, who departed this life May 27th, 1827, 
aged 61 years." 

CXXIX. 

" Sacred to the memory of Mrs. Mary Levingstone, wife 
of Mr. Daniel Levingstone, of Merville [Donnybrook, and 
subsequently of Ballsbridge], county of Dublin, who de- 
parted this life on the 26th day of April, 1820, aged 24 
years." [Several members of this family have been here 
interred.] 

cxxx. 

" This stone was erected by Mr. John Sullivan, of Meath 
Street, in the city of Dublin, in memory of his beloved 
brother, Mr. Richard Sullivan, who departed this life the 
22nd day of April, A.D. 1821, aged 52 years. Also one of 
his children who died young." 

CXXXI. 

" Under this stone are laid the remains of Mrs. Elizabeth 
Crosthwaite [of Yergemount, Clonskea, in the parish of 
Donnybrook], who departed this life 1st May, 1821. Also 
those of her daughter Louisa, who died 7th Sept r , 1820, 
aged 8 years." 

CXXXII. 

" Here lieth the body of Mrs. Waller Ashe [of 45, Leeson- 
street, Dublin], who departed this life on the 4th of March, 
1824, aged ninety." 



NOTES. 303 



"Erected by Andrew Cartan, of [109] Abbey St. [Dub- 
lin], Merchant, to the memory of his beloved and lamented 
wife, Mary Cartan, who departed this life the 25th August, 
1824, aged 42 years." 

CXXXIV. 

" This stone is erected by Mrs. Catherine Finlay, of [44] 
Townsend Street, in the city of Dublin, in memory of her 
beloved husband, Michael Finlay [Linendraper], who de- 
parted this life the 22nd Nov r , 1824, aged 35 years." 

CXXXT. 

" Here are interred the mortal remains of Jane Archer, 
widow of Capt. Benjamin Archer, R.N., who died in jNov r , 
1824. Also those of her son, Henry Benjamin Archer, Esq r , 
Barrister-at-law, who died on the 8th of June, 1830. Also 
those of his wife Sophia, daughter of Judge Chamberlain ; 
she died on the 21st May, 1860. Also those of their only 
child, William Tankerville Archer, who died on the 23rd 
March; 1868." 

CXXXVI. 

11 This stone was erected by Mr. Wm. Madden, of Arran 
Quay, in the city of Dublin, in memory of his beloved wife, 
Mrs. Ellenor Madden, who departed this life 22nd March, 
1826, aged 31 years. Also one of her children." 

CXXXVIT. 

" This stone was erected by John Evans, of the Black 
Rock, in the Co. of Dublin, in memory of his beloved wife, 
Anne Evans, who departed this life 28th of Dec r , 1826, 
aged 25 years." 

CXXXVIII. 

" This stone was erected by Cha s Byrne, of Stephen's 
Green, in the city of Dublin, in memory of his beloved wife 
Sarah, who departed this life March 20th, 1827, aged 33 
years. Also his father and mother." 

CXXXIX. 

" This stone was erected by Daniel Ashford, Esq r , of 
Simmons Court, Rock Road [in the parish of Donnybrook], 
in memory of his beloved wife Mary, who died the 4th 
March, 1830, aged 57 years; and also three of their chil- 
dren who died young, William, Mary, and Richard. Here 



304 APPENDIX III. 



also is interred his mother, Mary Ashford, who died the 
26th August, 1815, aged 81 years. Also his father, William 
Ashford, Esqr, who died the 17th April, 1824, aged 78 
years." [William Ashford, the distinguished landscape 
painter, who shall be mentioned again, died at his residence, 
Sandymount-park, to the last " the warm devotee of Nature 
and her handmaid Art."] 

CXL. 

" The family burial-ground of James and Anne Rice, of 
Donnybrook. Erected to the memory of James Rorke, who 
departed this life 29th July, 1833, aged 40 years. Also 
Robert Wilson Rorke, aged 6 months. . . . Mrs. Mary 
Anne Davys, the dearly loved and much lamented wife of 
Mr. George Davys, of No. 6, Drumcondra Road, in the 
county of Dublin, who departed this life on the 20th day of 
July, 1862. By her sorrowing husband this short tribute of 
love and respect for her memory is recorded on this tomb 
by her erected." 

CXLI. 

" Here lie the children of James West. Susanna, Mary- 
anne, Henry W m , who died in infancy. Maria Sarah, died 
Feb y , 1847, aged 14 years. Susanna Frances, died June, 
1847, aged 10 years. Harriet Sophia, died July, 1847, aged 
9 years. James Robert, died April, 1848, aged 8 years. 
Also Brillianna, wife of James West, died July 3rd, 1851. 
Courteney Clarke, born Oct r 13th, 1845, died" 27th April, 
1849. John Clarke, born 25th June, 1841, died 17th May, 
1862. Elizabeth Rawson, [born] July 21st, 1848, died 
4th Feb ry , 1864. Also the above-named James West, born 
13th June, 1805, died 6th October, 1868." [James West, 
Esq., J. P., of Shanganagh Grove, Ballybrack, Co. Dublin.] 



" Erected by Mr. Robert Thompson, in memory of his 
beloved and only daughter, Susan Thompson, who departed 
this life Saturday, October the 9th, 1858, aged 22 years." 



"The burial-place of Thomas Wilson, of Donnybrook. 
Reverend Thomas Charles Wilson, born 22nd of April, 1833, 
departed this life October 3rd, 1862. Alfred Wilson, born 
the 5th of September, 1835, departed this life April the 7tb, 
1864, aged 28 years." 



NOTES. 305 



" The family burying-place of Wm. Roberts. In memory 
of Alan, his son, who died 12th April, 1863, aged 2 years." 



" In memory of John Kilroy, M.D., who died 4th of 
January, 1864, aged 44 years." 



" The family burial-place of Isaac Arthur Bernard. 
Erected to the memory of Isaac Arthur Bernard, who died 
26th November, 18 '34, aged 35 years. Also his daughter, 
Henrietta Frances, died 12th October, 1863, aged 3J years." 



" France?, daughter of John Armstrong Garnett, M.D., 
wife of Edward Richards Purefoy Colles, Barrister-at-law, 
died 30th Juue, 1865, aged 67 years." 



" Elizabeth Mary, daughter of John Armstrong Garnett, 
M.D., died July 9th, 1867, aged Q6 years." 



" Erected by John and Hannah Blyth in memory of their 
beloved children, Annie Elizabeth Scott Blythe, who died 
Feb ry 12th, 1867, aged 4 years; James Blythe, died 
August 29th, 1867, aged 2 yrs 9 months. John Blythe, 
father of the above children, died Octr 31st, 1867, in his 
33rd year. ' Not lost, but gone before.' Also Michael 
Carr, died Feb ry 12th, 1868, aged 51 years." 



" Erected by Madame Byrne, Cormeilles-en-Parisis, par 
Franconville (Seine and Oise"), France, in memory of her 
beloved husband, Edward Byrne, who died 19th July, 
1868, in the 70th year of his age. Here also lieth the 
remains of his mother, Maryanne Byrne, who died 22nd 
July, 1831, aged 72 years." 



'•'Erected by his sorrowing widow in memory of John 
Radcliff, Esq r , [son of the Right Hon. John Eadcliff, LL.D., 



306 APPENDIX III. 



and] late Chairman of the Board of Public Works. Born 5th 
Nov. 1799. Died 21st May, 1869." [See pp. 38, 135.] 



" Sacred to the memory of James Roe, Esq r , who depart- 
ed this life Janr y 2nd, 1871." 



" Frederick William Trevor [of Beechhill, Donny brook], 
Collector of H. M. Customs, Dublin, died January 9th, 1871, 
aged 66 years." 

CLIV. 

" Sacred to the memory of Elizabeth Hayter, who died 
19th March, 1871, aged 60 years." 



il Sacred to the memory of Margaret Stunell Dickson, 
. the' beloved wife of John Dickson, who died 16th June, 1871, 

•aged 57 years." 
i* CLVI. 

" This stone was erected by Mrs. Dinah Ganly, in 
memory of her beloved brother, Mr. Joseph Duff, who de- 
parted this life 4th August, 187i v aged 58 years." 

[Over the grave of Sir James Stratford Tynte, Bart., 
there is a monumental stone, in the shape of an obelisk. 
There was an inscription of considerable length, as men- 
tioned in p. 127 : but from the effects of the weather little 
of it is now legible. Thanks, however, to the foresight of 
the late Sir William Betham, Ulster King-of-Arms, we are 
not left without a record of the inscription. In his MSS. in 
the British Museum (Add. MSS. 23,684-7), with tran- 
scripts of other inscriptions at Donnybrook, it has been 
preserved ; and the particulars are as follows : — " The body 
of Sir James Stratford Tynte, General of the Army of 
Volunteers of Ireland, who died the 10th November, 1785, 
was here interred with military honors. Near this place 
are deposited the remains of the Right Hon. James Tynte 
[of Dunlavin, Co, Wicklow, buried 12th April, 1758], and 
Robert Tynte [25th June, 1760], Esquires, grandfather and 
father of Sir James Stratford Tynte. Also the remains of 



NOTES. 



307 



Hlie 



James Tynte, his son, and Martha, his daughter. Whilst 
the patriotism of a Volunteer, and the social virtue of a 
tender husband, dutiful child, fond parent, honest man, and 
loyal subject are thought estimable, the memory of Sir 
James Tynte will be revered. 

4 This last sad token, O my love, receive ; 
Alas ! 'tis all your Hannah now can give !' " 

The parish-register of the time, as already mentioned, is not 
forthcoming ; but in one of the visitation-returns from Don- 
nybrook, Sir James Tynte's burial is recorded : — " Buried 
at Donnybrook, Sir Jas. Tent, 13th Novr, 1785." 

An addition has been made to the inscription No. xxix., 
p. 131:— "Miss Elizabeth Roberts, died 9th Feb 7 , 1853, 
aged 70 yrs. Mrs. Charlotte Newbury, died 27th June, 
1855, aged 70. Miss Martha Roberts, died 11th Jan y , 
1857, aged 77 yrs. Geo. P. Newbury, died 31st May, 
1863, aged 36 vears." 

stone No. xxxii., p. 132, has been replaced by 
other, -with this inscription: — "This stone was erected by-" 
desire of his daughter Elenor, who died 10th December, 
1859. Sacred to the memory of Joseph Madden, of Donny- 
brook, who departed this life 29th Nov*", 1799, aged 57 
years. He was a tender and affectionate husband and father, 
and supported the character of a sincere friend, a good neigh- 
bour, and an honest man. Here also lie the remains of his 
wife Elenor. Also John [for many years of Donnybrook] 
and Peter [of Simmonscourt], his sons. Also Mary and her 
husband, Patrick Dillon. Also Margaret, Mary Anne, and 
Eleanor, his daughters." 

An addition has been made to the inscription No. xlix., 
p, 136 : — " Also to Ana, eldest daughter of Joseph and 
Mary Wright, died March 21st, 1869." 

An addition has been made to the inscription No. liii., p. 
136,;— "Also the Rev d John Galwey, Rector of Clonbeg, 
Tipperary [and Prebendary of Cashel], died 10th Nov r , 
1849, aged 63 years. Also Lydia E. Galwey, relict of the 
late Yen ble [William Galwey] Archdeacon of Cashel, and 
mother of the above, died 17th Aug*, 1862, aged 95 years. 
Also Isabella Galwey, daughter of the late Archdeacon of 
Cashel, departed this life 5th April, 1867, aged 73 years. 



an- &~*~d A^f &{&<. 



308 APPENDIX III. 



s Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord.' Also Elizabeth 
Frances Webb, sister of the above Lydia E. Galwey, who 
died 20th Sep tr , 1870, aged 102 years." As stated in Cot- 
ton's " Fasti Ecclesige Hibernicge," vol. i. p. 56, Archdeacon 
Galwey resigned his archdeaconry in 1824, and accepted the 
benefice of Kilmastulla, in the diocese of Emly, where he 
died and was buried. 

Close to the stone No. liv., p. 136, another has been 
erected (1864), with this inscription; — "Sacred to the 
memory of Edward Tighe, Esq r , who died 27th June, 1864, 
aged 67 years. This memorial of affection and esteem is 
erected by his mourning wife, Susan Louisa Tighe." 

The broken tombstone over the remains of Dean Graves 
(p. 40) has been replaced by a new one (1868), with this in- 
scription; — "Here are deposited the remains of Matilda 
Jane, wife of Robert James Graves, Esq r , M.D., who died 
Septr 1, 1825, aged 19 years : and of Elizabeth Mary, wife 
of the Very Rev d Richard Graves, D.D., Dean of Ardagh, 
and Professor of Divinity in Trinity College, Dublin, who 
died March 22, 1827, aged 60 years : and of Sarah, second 
wife of the above Robert James Graves, who died June 16, 
1827, aged 26 years : and of the above Very Revd Richard 
Graves, D.D., Dean of Ardagh, who died March 31, 1829, 
aged 65 years : and of Eliza Drewe Jane Graves, only child 
of the above Robert James Graves, Esq r , M.D., by Matilda 
Jane, his first wife, who died March 4, 1831, aged 5 years : 
and of John Crosbie Graves, Esqr [i n memory of whom 
there' is a tablet in Donny brook Church, as mentioned in p. 
40], nephew of the above Very Rev d Richard Graves, Dean 
of Ardagh [and father of the present Bishop of Limerick], 
who died January 13, 1835, aged 58 years." Dr. R. J. 
Graves was buried in Mount Jerome Cemetery, Dublin, 
where there is a stone with this inscription : — " Here repose 
the mortal remains of Robert James Graves, M.D. He was 
born the 28th March, 1796, and died 20th March, 1853, 
aged 56 years. He requested that his only epitaph should 
be, that he was the son of the late Revd Dr. Rich** Graves, 
Professor of Divinity in the University of Dublin, and that 
after a painful and protracted illness he died in the love of 
God, and in the faith of Jesus Christ."] 



NOTES. 



309 



Note (jjj). 




The Pembroke Township. 
— " Whereas the district of Ba- 
gotrath, Donnybrook, Sandy- 
mount, Eingsend, and Irish- 
town, in the barony of Dublin, 
f and county of Dublin, com- 
prises several villages, and is a 
large, populous, and improving 
district, and the population 
thereof has of late years greatly 
increased, and is increasing, and 
it would conduce to the health and welfare of the inhabitants 
of the district, and would be of public advantage, if the dis- 
trict were formed into a Township, and provision were made 
for the lighting, paving, sewering, draining, cleansing, sup- 
plying with water, and otherwise improving and regulating 
of the Township, and if Commissioners were appointed for 
the purpose, with adequate powers and authorities ; and 
whereas the objects of this Act cannot be attained without 
the authority of Parliament," an Act (26 & 27 Vict. c. 72) 
" for the Improvement of Pembroke Township, comprising 
Bagotrath, Donnybrook, Sandymount, Eingsend, and Irish- 
town," etc., was passed the 22nd of June, 1863. The operation 
of the Act, which is known as " The Pembroke Township 
Act, 1863," commenced the 1st of September following, and 
has been attended with good results, as is evidenced by the 
greatly improved appearance of the district. 

The limits of the Act, and the boundary of the Township 
to which it relates, are as follows : — 

" The boundary commences on the north at Eingsend at 
the junction of the Cambridge-road with the South wall-road, 
and runs from thence westward along the south side of the 
Southwall-road to the municipal boundary of the city of 
Dublin ; thence foljowing the municipal boundary to Eings- 



310 APPENDIX III. 



end-bridge, and by Ringsend-road, Barrow-street, Grand 
Canal- street, and the Grand Canal to a point on the south- 
east bank of the canal at Mespil, where the municipal 
boundary, and the boundary of the Rathmines Township, 
and the boundary of the barony of Dublin unite ; thence 
southward along the baronial and township boundary to the 
north point of the townland of Milltown ; thence following 
the boundary of the barony of Dublin until it strikes the 
river Dodder ; thence crossing the Dodder it continues to 
follow the barony of Dublin boundary until it [almost] meets 
the boundary of the parish of Booterstown at Merrion [seep. 
254 n\ ; thence following the parochial boundary until it crosses 
the Dublin and Kingstown Railway ; thence northward and 
westward along the outer or sea-side of the embankment of 
the railway to Merrion-gate ; thence along the in or western 
side of the sea-wall of Merrion and Sandymount, Irishtown 
and Ringsend, until it meets the Cambridge-road, and thence 
along the southern side of the Cambridge- road until it meets 
and terminates at Ringsend at the junction of the Cambridge- 
road with the Southwall-road ; and the lands, villages, and 
hereditaments constituting the Pembroke Township are 
situate within the townlands of South Lotts, Bagotrath 
North, Beggarsbush, Ballsbridge, Bagotrath East, Bagot- 
rath Forty Acres, Donnybrook West, Donnybrook East, 
Clonskeagh, Roebuck, Smott's Court or Simmon's Court, 
Merrion, Sandymount, Irishtown, and Ringsend, in the 
parishes of St. Mark, St. Peter, and St. Mary's Donnybrook, 
otherwise Donnybrook, and Taney, in the barony of Dublin, 
and county of Dublin." 

The number of the Commissioners was fixed at fifteen, 
of whom " one shall be an ex-officio Commissioner, namely, 
the Agent of the Pembroke Estate within the Township 
whenever there is such an Agent, and the others shall be 
elected Commissioners." The first Commissioners named in 
the Act were the following :— John Edward Vernon, Esq., 
D.L., the Agent of the Pembroke Estate (Chairman) ; Francis 
Salmon, Esq., Joseph Boyce, Esq., D.L., Michael Murphy, 
Esq., Edward Wright, Esq., John Hawker Askins, architect 
and builder, Patrick Leahy, Esq., AndrewRogers, Esq., John 
Bernard Doyle, Esq., Bartholomew M. Tabuteau, Esq., 



NOTES. 811 



Edward H. Carson, architect, Robert Stanley, Esq., Patrick 
Sullivan, builder, John Dempsey, Esq., and James Kildahl 
Atkin, Esq. The 15th of November is the day for the yearly 
retirement and election of one-third of the Commissioners. 

The area of the Township, which is almost exclusively the 
property of the Earl of Pembroke, and forms part of the 
Pembroke (or Fitzwilliam) Estate, is 1,549 statute acres; 
the population in 1871, 21,102; and the rateable valuation 
of property, £69,6-11 15s. Since 1867 the district has been 
supplied with the Vartry water. 

A volume, entitled " The Pembroke Township Act, 1863 ; 
with Notes and Index," by Robert O'Hara, Esq., Barrister- 
at-law, has been published (Dublin, 1863, pp. 164, 12mo.). 
In it " will be found the Pembroke Township Act, 1863, and 
the provisions of the Acts which are incorporated with it. 
These provisions are embodied in Notes, which either follow 
those sections to which they are specially applicable, or are 
collected at the end of the Act. It is hoped that this ar- 
rangement may prove useful to those interested in the 
district, and may afford them some assistance in ascertaining 
what are the laws by which the inhabitants of this new 
Township will be governed, and what the privileges which 
they will enjoy." 

St. Bartholomew's Church. — This handsome edifice, 
in the early English style, provides accommodation for some 
of the many Protestant inhabitants of a very improving 
suburb of Dublin ; and the district assigned to it, compris- 
ing 194 statute acres, has been duly constituted out of 
the parishes of St. Peter and Donnybrook, in the former 
of which the church is situated. A few years ago 
green fields, and not houses, surrounded the site. Now 
dwellings, constructed according to the most approved de- 
signs, stand around ; and in fact, in no other neighbourhood, 
not excepting Rathmines and Rathgar, have so many im- 
provements been efTec'ed within so short a period. 



312 APPENDIX III. 



The site of the church, which is close to Ballsbridge, 
" having been granted by the Guardians of the Earl of Pem- 
broke (under authority of the Court of Chancery), and 
funds contributed for the building of the same, partly 
by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for Ireland, and 
partly by private subscription, the foundation-stone was 
solemnly laid, with prayer and praise to the Most Holy 
Trinity, by Thomas, third Viscount De Vesci [one of the 
Guardians], on the festival of the Ascension of our Lord, 
I860." The admirable designs furnished by Thomas H. 
Wyatt, Esq., of London, were carried out by Mr. James 
Scanlan, of Dublin ; and the building, having been com- 
pleted (with the exception of the spire) at a cost of about 
£7,000, was consecrated by the Archbishop of the diocese on 
the 23rd of December, 1867. Both outwardly and inwardly 
it presents an imposing and ornamental appearance. There 
is accommodation for 550 worshippers. The patronage was 
vested in the Archdeacon of Dublin, who holds the parish of 
St. Peter, but is now in the Board of Nomination ; and the 
Kev. Arthur A. Dawson, M.A., was the first Incumbent. 
An engraving (from a photograph by Robinson), with a 
brief description, appeared in the Church of England Maga- 
zine, vol. lxvii. p. 73 (7th August, 1869). 

Bagotrath Castle. — Not far from the site of St. Bar- 
tholomew's stood Bagotrath Castle, of which frequent men- 
tion may be found in Irish history, and throughout these 
pages. Mr. Joseph Huband Smith read a paper respecting 
it, and the manor attached thereto, before the Royal Irish 
Academy, in 1856 (as given in the " Proceedings," vol. vi. 
pp. 304-311), and exhibited a drawing from a sketch by 
Gabriel Beranger, taken about the year 1760 ; also a curious 
MS. plan of the array of the Parliamentary forces of the 
garrison of Dublin, as drawn out before the battle which 
took place in 1649, when the royal army under the com- 
mand of the Marquis (subsequently Duke) of Ormonde, 



1 



NOTES. 313 



sustained a defeat, the disastrous effects of which ended in the 
ruin of the royal cause in Ireland. This plan, without name 
or date, is preserved in a valuable collection of old maps and 
drawings in the Library of Trinity College, Dublin, and has 
been noticed, amongst others, in a paper read before the 
Academy by the late Mr. Hardiman, in 1824. Mr. Smith 
also exhibited, in illustration of his paper, an enlarged copy 
of Rocque's map, or " Survey of the City and Suburbs of 
Dublin," published in 1757, on which is laid down the line 
of road from St. Stephen's-green to Ballsbridge, over the 
river Dodder ; on the north side of which road is shown on 
the map the site of Bagotrath Castle. The original struc- 
ture was built in the twelfth century, as appears from several 
notices of it in the public records ; and Mr. Smith adduced 
some interesting extracts from the Memoranda Rolls of the 
Court of Exchequer and Patent and Close Rolls, illustrative 
of the history of its possessors at different subsequent periods. 
The latest structure, the ruins of which were standing with- 
in the memory of many, was a massive square tower, built, 
as there can be little doubt, about the time of King James I. 
or Queen Elizabeth. The last remarkable event in connec- 
tion with it was the attempt made to fortify it, which resulted 
in the battle of Rathmines (already referred to), fought on the 
2nd of August, 1649, the details of which have been recorded 
by Ludlow, who held a military command under the Par- 
liament, and, at greater length, by Carte, in his " Memoirs 
of the Duke of Ormonde." It was never afterwards re- 
paired, but suffered gradually to moulder into ruin, and was 
for many years the dreaded resort of freebooters. The office 
of Governor, although a mere sinecure, is stated to have been 
filled up from time to time, and a salary paid, down to the 
period of the Legislative Union of Great Britain and Ireland, 
when, with other appointments of a similar character, it was 
abolished, and compensation awarded to the then Governor, 
Sir John (subsequently Lord) DeBlaquiere. 

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314 APPENDIX III. 



pamphlets (1649, 8 pp. each), copies of which are in the 
Library of the Royal Dublin Society : — 1. " The Marquesse 
of Ormond's Letter to His Majestie King Charles II., where- 
in is truly related the manner of Collonel Jones sallying out 
of Dublin, Aug. 2, 1649," etc.; 2. "The Marquesse of 
Ormond's Letter to His Majesty, concerning the late Fight 
betwixt the Forces under his command, and the Garrison of 
Dublin," etc. ; 3. "Lieut.-General Jones's Letter to the Coun- 
sel of State, of a great Victory," etc. See also the Marquess 
of Ormonde's Letter to Lord Byron, in Carte's " Collection 
of Original Letters and Papers, 1641-1660," vol. ii., pp. 
408-411. "The upper part, which threatened immediate 
destruction to all that should approach its base, was in 1785 
taken down ; and what small fragment of the tower was left, 
was entirely filled up with stones, earth, and other matters, 
and the whole closed at top ; so that it is now almost as 
solid and compact as a rock, and may bid defiance to the 
shocks of time." (Lewis' "Dublin Guide," p. 52, Dublin, 
1787.) Time, however, has prevailed, and nothing of the 
structure remains. There are three unpublished drawings 
of it in the writer's possession; two by Gabriel Beranger 
(circa 1760), and one by S. Walker (1778). The view 
given in Grose's " Antiquities of Ireland," vol. i. p. 10, is 
from an original drawing by Barralet, " in the possession of 
the Right Honourable W. Conyngham." 

Note (kick). 

Fitzwilliam Family. — In addition to what has appeared 
in pp. 108-114 regarding this noble family, the following 
particulars have been gleaned from various sources. 

William, third Viscount Fitzwilliam of Merrion (see p. 
112), died in December, 1674. There was inserted in Notes 
and Queries, 1st S. xi. 462, from the pen of the late James 
F. Ferguson, Esq., of Dublin, a very interesting " Note of 
the payments made in relation to the burial of Lord Fitz- 



NOTES. 315 



wifliam [at Donnybrook], in Charles II. 's time, as they 
appear upon one of the records of the Irish Exchequer, de- 
posited in the Exchequer Record Office, Four Courts, Dublin." 
The heading of the document which gives curious details of 
the funeral expenses of a nobleman nearly two centuries ago, 
is in- these words ; li The Funeral Expenses of Thomas, Vis- 
count Fitzwilliam of Merrion, tempore Charles II."; but here 
there must be a mistake, the individual buried having been, 
not Thomas, first Viscount (the exact date of whose death 
appears to be unknown), nor Thomas, fourth Viscount (who 
died 20th February, 1704), but William, third Viscount, 
fourth son of the first named Thomas, and successor of his 
elder brother Oliver, Earl of Tyrconnel (who died 11th April, 
1667), in theviscountcy of Fitzwilliam and barony of Thorn- 
castle. The document furnished by Mr. Ferguson, is as 
follows ; — 

£ s. a. 

i; Paid Doctor Murphy att severall times, 3 3 

Paid Quin the appothecary, 2 9 10 

Paid Kirrurgion, 9 

Paid clergymen, 16 

More paid them, 4 10 

More paid them, 17 3 

Paid for rosemary, 5 

Paid for a coach and four horses to carry friends to 

his buriall place att Donebrooke, 10 9 

Paid men for carrying the links, 11 3 

Paid for Christ Church bells, 1 2 6 

Paid the minister's clerke, &c, of St. Nicholas 
Church within the walls [Dublin], within whose 
parish his lordship dyed, 1 10 10 

Paid Mr. Kearney, Herald att Armes, prout particu- 
lars under his hand, 
More, 
Paid for franckinsence, and a messenger to prepare 

the grave at Donebrooke, 
Paid for making the grave there, 
Paid for his coffin, 
To other expenses, 
Paid the first of January, 1675, to Mr. Dellane and 

his clerke for his lordshipp's burial att Donebrooke, 18 0." 

The total expenses amounted to £32 13s. 9d. That 
William, Viscount Fitzwilliam was the individual in question, 
is proved by the date given in the last item of the account ; 



2 1 
2 


10 

3 


1 
2 
2" 10 
12 


1- 

6 


7 



316 APPENDIX III. 



inasmuch as Oliver, who succeeded his father in the vis- 
county, had died in 1667, and Thomas, fourth Viscount, 
not until 1704. Archdall, moreover, in his edition of 
" Lodge's Peerage of Ireland/' vol. iv. p. 318, states that 
William, Viscount Fitzwilliam, died " before the year 1681." 
The "Mr. ?Dellane " was Michael Delaune, M.A. (see p. 
160), Archdeacon of Dublin, and consequently Rector of 
Donnybrook, from 1672 to 3rd November, 1675 ; and the 
" clergymen " were Roman Catholic priests, because Richard, 
fifth Viscount, grandson of the above-named William, was 
the first to conform to the Established Church, 18th May, 
1710.— Notes and Queries, 3rd S. ii. 123 (16th August, 
1862). 

Richard, sixth Viscount Fitzwilliam of Merrion (see p. 
114), married Catherine, daughter of Sir Matthew Decker, 
Bart, of Richmond, Surrey, 3rd May, 1744. " Sir Matthew 
Decker, Bart., born at Amsterdam, 1679, came into England, 
in 1700, and created a baronet in 1716, he left £60,000 to 
his only child, lady of Ld. Vise. Fitzwilliams. As he ac- 
quired his fortune not only unreproach'd, but unsuspected, he 

enjoyed it unenvied His domestick life was 

an undisturbed series of domestick comforts. By an orderly 
and well- understood hospitality, the great frequented his 
house, were properly received, and the poor who crowded 
it were abundantly supplied." (Gentleman's Magazine, 
1749, vol. xix. p. 141.) He died 18th March, 1749. 

General Fitzwilliam, third son of Richard, fifth Viscount 
Fitzwilliam of Merrion (see pp. 113, 182), died without 
issue, 31st July, 1789. In " Miss Berry's Journals and Cor- 
respondence, 1783-1852 " (London, 1866), vol. i. p. 170, 
there is a letter from Horace Walpole to Miss Berry, dated 
6th August, 1789, and containing these remarks; — "Gen- 
eral Fitzwilliam is dead, at Richmond, extremely rich. He 
has not, I believe, extremely disappointed his nephew the 
Viscount, who did not depend upon hopes that had been 
thrown out to him, nor is much surprised that the General's 



NOTES. 317 



upper servant, and his late wife's woman, are the principal 
heirs, as the Abbe Nichols and others long foresaw. Lord 
Fitzwilliam has only an estate of [?] 550/. a-year. The 
manservant, whom he originally took a shoeless boy in 
Wales, playing on the harp, will have above forty thousand 
pds. ; the woman 300/. a year in long annuities. A will, 
however, pleases one, you know, if it pleases one anyhow. 
To General Conway (an old fellow-servant in the late Duke 
of Cumberland's family, as were Lord Dover and Lord Fred- 
eric Cavendish, similar legatees,) he has given 500/. This 
is so much to my mind that I shall not haggle about the 
rest of the will." For Mr. Richard Owen Cambridge's re- 
marks on the will, see pp. 182-3 of the same volume. 

Note (III). 

John Fitzgibbon, Earl of Clare A brief notice of 

this great man, who was born in Donnybrook, where his 
father resided (in a house close to the Fair-green, subsequently 
known as Bowerville, and within a few yards of the birth- 
place of another eminent legal functionary and contemporary, 
William, Lord Downes), and of whom mention has been 
made in p. 79, is here given from the " Imperial Dictionary 
of Universal Biography " ; — 

11 Clare, John Fitzgibbon, first Earl of, was born in 1749; 
and being destined by his father, an eminent barrister, to 
follow the same profession, he received a good education, and 
entered Trinity College, Dublin, where he was the contem- 
porary and rival of Grattan for academic honours. When 
called to the Bar his energy, industry, and talent at once 
ensured his success ; and in 1777 he was elected to represent 
the University of Dublin, giving his support to the Govern- 
ment. In 1784 Fitzgibbon was appointed Attorney -General 
for Ireland, an office due as well to his high professional 
position as to his parliamentary services. His position was 
an arduous one, as it arrayed against him the popular oppo- 
sition of the demagogues of the day ; and he exhibited 
undoubtedly much wisdom, courage, and firmness in the 



318 APPENDIX III. 



discharge of his duties. In 1789 Fitzgibbon was promoted 
to the office of Lord Chancellor, and raised to the 
peerage by the title of Baron Fitzgibbon. Few men 
had to contend with greater political difficulties than the 
Chancellor. Ireland was in a state of secret disorganisation 
that shortly was to eventuate in open rebellion ; and no 
doubt the vigour and wisdom of his measures did much to 
keep the daring spirit of the day in check. In 1795 he was 
created Earl of Clare; and in 1799 his signal merits were 
rewarded by a peerage of the United Kingdom as Lord 
Fitzgibbon. Lord Clare was one of the most prominent and 
able advocates for the legislative union ; which measure he 
did not long survive, dying in 1802. His intellect was 
rapid, clear, and full of power; but its power seems to have 
consisted more in sagacity and common sense than in depth 
or extraordinary comprehensiveness. Still, for mere intellect, 
he may be placed at the head of the eminent Irishmen 
amongst whom he was an actor. With profound but rough 
and masculine strength of feeling, he was endowed with an 
amount of moral firmness and superiority to popular in- 
fluences rarely found amongst public men. Few men have 
been more exposed to censure and calumny than Lord Clare ; 
but we believe that, on the whole, those who carefully weigh 
his conduct will acquit him of the charges which his enemies 
were ever ready to bring against him. It is true hi3 zeal 
may have been sometimes carried beyond the bounds of 
lenity ; but it must be remembered that the crisis demanded 
strong action ; and great allowance may be made in minor 
matters for one who, nearly alone in that trying time, stood 
firm and unappalled at the post of duty." 

The remains of Lord Clare were deposited in the church- 
yard of St. Peter's, Dublin, where there is a stone with this 
inscription: — "Miss Isabella Fitzgibbon, died July the 18th, 
1790, aged three years and three months. Here also lieth 
the body of the Right Hon. John Fitzgibbon, Lord High 
Chancellor of Ireland, who departed this life the 28th day 
of January, 1802, aged 54 years." Biographical sketches 
of Lord Clare may be found in Wills' " Lives of Illustrious 
and Distinguished Irishmen," vol. v. pp. 432-476 ; and in 
the " Remains of the Rev. Samuel O'Sullivan " (reprinted 
from the Dublin University Magazine), vol. ii. pp. 149-181. 



NOTES. 319 



Note (mmm). 

William, Lord Downes. — " The day, we most earnestly 
hope, is far distant," as stated in an article in the Hibernia 
Magazine, 1810, vol. i. p. 3 (where a half-length portrait of 
the Lord Chief Justice appears, engraved by Brocas from a 
painting by Hamilton), " when the life of this excellent 
magistrate may properly employ the pen of some future bio- 
grapher. When that day shall arrive, there will be a subject 
to which the most splendid talents cannot do more than 
justice ; and it will require splendid and superior talents, 
indeed, to describe a man so pre-eminently gifted, so pecu- 
liarly adorned by every virtue, and dignified by so rare a 
modesty of nature, such singular simplicity, and urbanity of 
manners, and such a combination of learning, wisdom, and 
abilities as compose the character of this distinguished and 
accomplished gentleman. Raised by the native dignity of a 
great and a highly cultivated mind almost beyond the weak- 
nesses and infirmities of human nature, he is just without 
ostentation, and amiable without affectation. His benignity 
of heart and equanimity have more contributed to mould the 
suavity of his manners, than the polished society in which 
he has lived, or the noble ancestry from whom he is de- 
scended. He is dignified without austerity, and impressive 
through his gentleness. He commands our respect without 
ever attempting to exact it — it flows a spontaneous tribute 
to exalted virtue, to great learning, to patience inexhaust- 
ible, and to wisdom the most profound ; nor let it be for- 
gotten, that although from the structure of his person he 
appears to be sometimes affected by labour and fatigue, yet 
his bodily weariness is invariably surmounted by a religious 
and paramount sense of official duty, and no desire, or even 
necessity, for ease or for rest ever suspends for a moment 
his exertions in the due administration of justice." 

In pp. 122-124 many particulars of the Downes family 
have been given, which need not be repeated. One or two 



320 APPENDIX III. 



matters, however, which have been since ascertained, or have 
since taken place, it may be well to mention. The whole of 
Bishop Downes' " Tour through the Dioceses of Cork and 
Ross," 1691-1709, has been incorporated into the Rev. Dr. 
Brady's " Clerical and Parochial Records of Cork, Cloyne, 
and Ross," 3 vols. 8vo., Dublin, 1863-64. (See also Gib- 
son's " History of Cork," vol. ii. p. 338, n., for mention of 
the original MS., which was presented to the Library of 
Trinity College, Dublin, in 1849, by the Ven. Samuel Moore 
Kyle, LL.D., Archdeacon of Cork.) Lord Downes had a 
younger brother, Thomas, who died in September, 1793. 
(Sentimental and Masonic Magazine, vol. iii. p. 288.) 
General Lord Downes, G.C.B., died at his seat, Bert House, 
Co. Kildare, 26th July, 1863, without male issue ; and the 
title is consequently extinct. For an obituary notice of this 
distinguished Peninsular veteran, see the Gentleman's Maga- 
zine, 1863, part ii. p. 375. His property in Donnybrook is 
held by his sole surviving daughter, the Countess of Clonmell. 
The Right Hon. William, Lord Downes, LL.D. (of whom 
brief mention has been made in pp. 92, 124), wa3 born in 
Donnybrook Castle,* in the year 1752. He was the second 
son of Robert Downes, Esq., of Donnybrook, M.P. for the 
Co. Kildare, by Elizabeth (whom he had married 18th Fe- 
bruary, 1737), daughter of Thomas Twigg, Esq., likewise 
of Donnybrook. In June, 1776, he was called to the Irish 
Bar; and having practised with success, he was, while M.P. 
for the borough of Donegal, raised to be a Justice of the 
Court of King's Bench, in March, 1792 ; and in 1803, on 
the murder of Arthur Wolfe, Viscount Kilwarden,t who had 



* In p. 92 it has been stated of Donnybrook Castle, that it " was sub- 
sequently a well-known boarding school, and is now a nunnery." Thia 
is a mistake, inasmuch as the house, in which Lord Downes was born, 
was " demolished in 1759." A sketch of it, from a drawing by Thomas 
Ashworth, is in the possession of the writer. It was replaced by another 
building, which (under the same name) was for many years used as a 
school (Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, Bart., as mentioned in p. 86, having 
been a pupil), and is now a nunnery. 

\ See Notes and Queries, 3rd S. xii. 86. 



NOTES. 321 



been for a few years Lord Chief Justice, he was appointed to 
succeed him. In 1806, on the resignation of Lord Redes- 
dale, Lord Chancellor of Ireland, the Chief Justice was 
nominated Vice-Chancellor of the University of Dublin, by 
the Chancellor, H. R. H. the Duke of Cumberland ; which 
honourable post he held until 1816, when he was succeeded 
by the Lord Chancellor, Lord Manners. He resigned the 
high office of Lord Chief Justice, 21st February, 1822 (when 
the Right Hon. Charles Kendall Bushe succeeded him), with 
a pension of £3,800 per annum ; and he was created an Irish 
peer, by the title of Baron Downes, of Aghanville, in the 
King's County, 10th December of same year, with remainder, 
in default of male issue, to his cousin, Sir Ulysses Burgh, 
K.C.B., Surveyor- General of the Ordnance, and grandson of 
Anne, daughter of the above-named Bishop Downes. After 
his retirement from judicial life, he continued to reside at 
Merville, Booterstown, feeling at all times a warm interest 
in the welfare of these parishes and their institutions. He 
was spared to a good old age ; and dying without issue, 3rd 
March, 1826, in his 75th year, he was buried in a vault 
beneath St. Ann's Church, Dublin, where the remains of his 
old friend and companion, Judge Chamberlain, had been 
deposited. 

" The deceased peer was highly respected for his great legal 
knowledge, his strict impartiality, his dignified demeanour, 
and affable deportment. As Vice- Chancellor [of the Univer- 
sity], his piety, learning, and virtues were acknowledged 
and appreciated. He possessed all the qualities that render 
private life estimable ; his heart was benevolent, and his 
charities unbounded." (Gentleman's Magazine, 1826, part 
i. p. 270.) Biographical notices of him may likewise be 
found in the Annual Register, 1826, p. 230 ; and in the 
Dublin Evening Post, 4th March, 1826. For particulars of 
his legal appointments, Smyth's " Chronicle of the Law 
Officers of Ireland " may be consulted. " Hugh Hamilton's 
whole-length portrait of Judge (afterwards Lord) Downes 



322 APPENDIX III. 



was one of the ablest efforts of his pencil." (" The Life of 
James Gandon, Esq.," p. 152.) An admirable whole-length 
portrait, in his robes as Lord Chief Justice, was painted by 
Mr. Cregan, of Dublin ; having been engraved by Reynolds, 
the plate was published by the Messrs. Colnaghi, Son, and 
Co., of London, in 1827, and " dedicated to the Hon bl Q 
Society of King's Inns, Dublin, by their most obedient ser- 
vant, M. Cregan." An engraving by Lupton, from a paint- 
ing by Comerford, has likewise appeared. It is rather strange 
that Lord Downes, with many other men of note, has not 
found a place in the u Lives of Illustrious and Distinguished 
Irishmen," by the late James Wills, D.D. 

In the south gallery of St. Ann's Church there is a monu- 
ment with this inscription : — 

" In the vault 34 underneath this church are deposited 
the mortal remains of the B,* Hon bl e William, Lord Downes, 
and the Honble Tankerville Chamberlain. 

" They had both sat as Justices in the Court of King's 
Bench, to the chief seat in which the former had been raised 
on the lamented event of the murder of their associate and 
chief, Arthur, Viscount Kilwarden. 

" In the high offices they fill'd, they equally possess'd the 
judicial qualities of knowledge of the laws, sound judgment 
and sagacity in the administration of them. These, with 
inflexible integrity, and firmness of mind, and patience, and 
temper, never once known to fail or to flatter, gave to the 
discharge of their publick duties a general confidence and 
satisfaction, never surpass'd in any time or country. 

" In the peculiar characteristics of their minds they dif* 
fer'd. The first excell'd in general and accurate knowledge, 
comprehensiveness of mind, composed thought, and coolness 
of judgment. The latter in promptness and penetrating 
force of intellect. 

" They were equally inaccessible to fallacious ingenuity, 
the influence of power, or of popular blandishment. In 
zealous sense of duty, candour, and love of justice, neither 
could excel the other, or be excell'd by any. 

11 They each in the highest degree estimated the qualities 
of the other, and almost in an equal degree were insensible 



NOTES. 323 



of their own. But those qualities were acknowledg'd, and as 
justly valued, by a contemporary publick. 

" In private life both were as amiable and beloved, as in 
their public characters they were approved and respected. 

" Their friendship and union was complete. 

" They had studied together, lived together, sat together 
on the same bench of justice, and now by desire of the sur- 
vivor they lie together in the same tomb. 

" In their deaths, as in their lives, they were believing 
and practical Christians. 

" Reader, think not this statement the exaggeration of 
monumental eulogy. For what relates to public station, 
those of the public who witness'd, or who have heard of them, 
are confidently appeal'd to — of the rest, much more is felt 
than here express'd. 

" Mr. Justice Chamberlain died May, 1802, aged 51 
years. 

" Lord Downes survived him, to be executor to his will, 
and guardian to his children. To them he was as a parent, 
and a most generous benefactor, till it pleas'd God to close 
his virtuous and pious life. He died on the 2nd [3rd] of 
March, 1826, in the 78th [75th] year of his age. 

4 ' This faithful testimonial of long-surviving recollections 
has been here erected on the 27th of April, 1833." 



Note (nun), 

Robert Perceval, M.D This eminent physician and 

philanthropist, whose country-residence was Annefield (now 
St. Ann's), Donny brook, and whose name has already ap- 
peared in these pages, devoted a large share of his valuable 
time and attention to the Hospital for Incurables. He was, 
in fact, for many years closely identified with the charitable 
institutions of the parish of Donnybrook ; and the following 
biographical notice, supplied (with the exception of some 
particulars) by his grandson, Robert Perceval Maxwell, Esq., 
D.L., of Groomsport, Co. Down, will prove acceptable. 

Robert Perceval, M.D., Physician- General to His 
Majesty's Forces in Ireland, was born iu Dublin, 30th Sep- 
tember, 1756; and was a descendant of Sir Philip Perceval 



324 APPENDIX III. 



(a branch of the House of Yvery), being the youngest son of 
William Perceval, Esq., by his second wife, Elizabeth, 
daughter and heiress of Robert Ward, Esq., of Lisbane, 
in the county of Down.* In 1772 he entered Trinity Col- 
lege, Dublin, where, having distinguished himself, he gradu- 
ated as Bachelor of Arts : he then prosecuted his studies in 
the University of Edinburgh, to which he repaired in 1777 ; 
and he was admitted, in 1779, a member of the Speculative 
Society. Having taken his degree of M.D. in the year fol- 
lowing, he passed the next two years on the Continent, with 
the view of acquiring professional information. On his re- 
turn to Dublin in 1783, he was appointed Lecturer in 
Chemistry (and from 1785 to 1805 he filled the post of 
Professor of that science) in the Irish University. During 
this long period his lectures were listened to with marked 
attention ; and so interesting as well as instructive were they 
made, that he introduced the study of the science to many 
besides those of the medical profession, numbering among 
his pupils the learned Dr. Adam Clarke, who retained through 
life an affectionate respect for his teacher. At this time his 
fame had extended across the Atlantic ; and accordingly, in 
1785, the American Philosophical Society of Philadelphia en- 
rolled him in the list of members. In the same year also he 
evinced his zeal in the cause of literature and science by his 
exertions in the formation of the Royal Irish Academy, at 
the first meeting of which, 2nd May, he was elected one of 
the Committee of Science ; and he afterwards acted for a 
considerable time as their Secretary. In the following year 
(1786) he married Anne, eldest daughter of William Brere- 
ton, Esq., of Rathgilbert, in the Queen's County; by which 
union he secured his domestic happiness. In July of the 
same year he was appointed Inspector of Apothecaries ; an 
office which at first exposed him to the unpopularity so fre- 
quently accompanying the reform of old abuses. Subse- 

* See Archdall's *■ Lodge's Peerage of Ireland," vol. ii. p. 250. 



NOTES. 325 



quently, however, the Court of Directors of the Apothecaries' 
Hall bore honourable testimony to his services in their 
behalf; and in 1807, they presented him with a piece of 
plate, " as a token of their esteem for his attention to the 
improvement of their profession." He became about this 
date an Honorary Member of the Royal Dublin Society. 
Much of his time and thoughts he devoted to the medical 
and other charities of Dublin, in which he effected many im- 
portant improvements, and directed the application of their 
funds so as to render them more generally useful. Few, 
indeed, of the hospitals of that metropolis do not exhibit 
proof of his valuable personal exertions, while many of them 
are indebted to him for liberal pecuniary aid. Having been 
appointed a trustee of the property bequeathed by Sir Patrick 
Dun, M.D., for the purpose of founding a School of Physic, 
and conceiving that the application of the funds had been 
confined much within the limits of the testator's will, he 
directed his energies to effect the establishment of an hospital 
with a portion of the proceeds. In this project, notwithstand- 
ing much opposition, he succeeded; and on the 25th Octo- 
ber, 1808, he had the satisfaction of witnessing the opening 
of Sir Patrick Dun's Hospital, which has become one of the 
most valuable and useful in Dublin.* The Hospital for In- 
curables, Donnybrook, of which he was a Governor, likewise 
engaged a large share of his attention ; and in its welfare 
and utility he was always deeply interested-! He was a 
Member of the Pathological and several other Societies in 
Dublin ; his philanthropic disposition attaching him not only 
to those institutions which were strictly professional, but, for 
example, to the Prison Discipline Society, established in 1818 

* The reader who wishes for full and satisfactory information respect- 
ing Sir Patrick Dun and the fruits of his bequest, is referred to (the 
now Rev.) Dr. Belcher's »« Memoir of Sir Patrick Dun (Knt.)t M.D., 
M.P., Physician-General to the Army,'' etc. (8vo. Dublin, 1866). 

t Mr. Cheyne Brady, M.B.I. A., has printed an interesting 12mo 
pamphlet, entitled " The History of the Hospital for Incurables " (Dub- 
lin, 1865). The institution has been briefly mentioned in pp. 43, 44 ; 
but it deserves, and will receive, a more extended notice. 



326 APPENDIX III. 



for the purpose of visiting and reporting on the state of all 
the prisons and bridewells in Ireland. This Society after- 
wards merged in the Howard Society, of which Dr. Perce- 
val was elected Vice-President ; and at one of their meetings, 
when an address was voted to him, Sir William Cusack-Smith, 
Bart,, bore testimony to the zeal and abilities he had evinced 
in carrying out the happy reformation in the condition and 
discipline of the Irish prisons. " Do I go too far," said the 
learned Judge, "in calling this just man our Irish 
Howard, in philanthropy his equal, his superior in mental 
power, fertility, and cultivation ?" (Proceedings of the 
Howard Society, 14th February, 1832). In 1819 Govern- 
ment awarded him the highest professional appointment, 
that of Physician-General to His Majesty's Forces in Ire- 
land ; a post which he held for many years, with no less 
advantage to the public than credit to himself. He was 
spared to a good old age, his mental faculties remaining un- 
impaired, though disease and infirmity made great ravages 
on his bodily frame ; and he was led by the Spirit to seek in 
retirement and contemplation that comfort from above, by 
which he was sustained throughout a lingering illness. 
Having borne this heavy trial with Christian resignation, 
the aged philosopher expired in the full assurance of a 
blessed eternity, 3rd March, 1839, in the 83rd year of his 
age. 

His public career as a physician was no less distinguished 
for success than his private life was remarkable for piety and 
philanthropy. To professional attainments of the highest 
order he united the graces of the accomplished scholar ; and 
while from his numerous friends, and the profession of which 
he was an ornament, he attracted the warmest admiration 
and esteem, from the poor and the destitute, the fatherless 
and the widow, the prisoner and the captive, his benevolence 
and sympathy drew down the blessings and prayers, which 
heartfelt gratitude never fails to inspire. This was to him a 
prize far more valuable than worldly honours, wealth, and 



NOTES. 327 



station. He published some treatises on divinity and other 
subjects j* and he has left several volumes in manuscript, which 
have not as yet appeared in print. It may seem strange 
that so eminent a professional man should not have handed 
down to posterity some work embodying the result of his 
experience; but just at the time when he had in view an 
undertaking of this kind, Dr. Mason Good intimated to 
him his intention of writing a medical treatise ; and as am- 
bition formed no part of Dr. Perceval's character, he at 
once, with that disinterestedness for which he was remark- 
able, handed over his notes to Dr. Good, in order to render 
his friend's work as complete as possible. A similar instance 
of genuine humility may be found in another event of his 
life. The Howard Society, anxious to have his portrait 
taken, waited upon him with a complimentary address-; but 
the strong conviction, that after he had done all, he was still 
an unprofitable servant, operated so forcibly that he respect- 
fully declined the honour. The public weal, and to do as 
much good as lay in his power, seems to have been the 
ruling principle of his actions, while the satisfaction of an 
approving conscience was the only reward to which he 
aspired ; and not only did he reject many a proffered honour 
during his life, but even in his will he provided against the 
possibility of posterity raising a costly tribute to his memory, 
having specially directed that his family should permit no 
other monument than a marble slab, recording merely his 
name and the dates of his birth and death. Accordingly, a 
very plain tablet may be seen in the chancel of St. Michan's 
Church, Dublin, with this brief inscription : — 

" Robert Perceval, M.D., late Physician- General. Born 
30 th September, 1756. Died 3^ March, 1839." 



* An 8vo volume, entitled " An Essay on the Divinity of our Lord 
and Saviour Jesus Christ, and the Doctrine of the Trinity " (Dublin, 
1821 ), and printed for private circulation, deserves to be particularly 
mentioned. 



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The following passages are from an address to the 
Medico-Chirurgical Society of Dublin by the late Dr. Robert 
J. Graves (see p. 308) : — 

" I cannot, gentlemen, suffer the public opportunity to 
pass by without testifying the respect in which 1 hold the 
memory of that venerable old man and excellent physician, 
Dr. Perceval. Though sprung from an illustrious family, 
and possessing an hereditary competency, he was an ardent, 
assiduous, and successful cultivator of medicine. He took 
his degree in Edinburgh in 1780 ; was one of the original 
members of the Royal Irish Academy, and for a long period 
of time acted as Secretary to that learned body. He filled 
for many years the chair of Chemistry in the University of 
Dublin with distinguished credit, and was for a long period 
Physician-General to the Forces in Ireland. No professional 
man in Dublin ever reaped greater professional emoluments 
than Dr. Perceval, and no man in proportion ever amassed 
less wealth; but his wealth is to be estimated, not by what 
he saved or hoarded, but by what he so liberally expended 
in forwarding the cause of science, and relieving the wants 
of his poor and suffering fellow-citizens. It would be but 
feeble praise to say he was charitable ; he was munificent ; 
and that to such a degree as to distance all imitation.* I 
fear, therefore, that we must content ourselves with recording 
our admiration of virtues beyond the conception of persons 
of ordinary mould, and to be attained only by those gene- 
rous and devoted spirits who are willing to risk everything 
in the cause of science and humanity. Of this, however, we 
may rest assured, that no honorary distinction, no title con- 
ferred even by Royalty itself, no literary or scientific di- 
ploma, granted to our colleagues by foreign institutions, ever 
dignified the profession so much, or raised its members so 
high in public estimation, as the unostentatious and Chris- 
tian benevolence of Dr. Perceval." — Parthenon, 11th May, 
1839. 

In " The Works of Mrs. Hemans, with a Memoir of her 
Life" (Edinburgh, 1839), vol. i. p. 244, there are these 
words : — " Mrs. Hemans entered very little into the general 



* " It raay be observed of Dr. Perceval, as a good trait in his character, 
that all the fees he received on Sundays (and they were not a few) were 
strictly set apart for charity." See p. 206. 



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NOTES. 329 



society of Dublin, but enjoyed, with, a few real and attached 
friends, that kindly intercourse most congenial to her tastes 
and habits. Amongst these friends must be particularly 
mentioned the Graves family, their venerable relatives, Dr. 
and Mrs. Perceval," etc. And in the same page there is the 
following note : — " The sonnet ' To an aged Friend,' [writ- 
ten in 1834, and] published in Mrs. Hemans' Poetical Re- 
mains (vol. vii. p. 265), was addressed to Dr. Perceval. Its 
beginning must be read with affecting interest by those who 
know that that voice is still heard, though feebly and fail- 
ingly, whilst the ' Daughter of Music ' has long been laid 
low. The sonnet ' On the Datura Arborea,' in the same 
volume [p. 273], was written after seeing a superb speci- 
men of that striking plant in Dr. Perceval's beautiful green- 
house at Annefield." The former sonnet is as follows : — 

" Not long thy voice amongst us may be heard, 
Servant of God! — thy day is almost done ; 
The charm now lingering in thy look and word 
Is that which hangs about thy setting sun, 
That which the spirit of decay hath won 
Still from revering love. Yet doth the sense 
Of life immortal — progress but begun — 
Pervade thy mien with such clear eloquence, 
That hope, not sadness, breathes from thy decline ; 
And the loved flowers which round thee smile farewell, 
Of more than vernal glory seem to tell, 
By thy pure spirit touch'd with light divine ; 
While we, to whom its parting gleams are given, 
Forget the grave in trustful thoughts of heaven." 

To the foregoing shall be added merely a few remarks by a 
valued friend, the late Dr. Jonathan Osborne,* of Black- 
rock : — 

* Jonathan Osborne, M.D., for many years King's Professor of Materia 
Medica and Pharmacy, on the foundation of Sir Patrick Dun, M.D., 
and Physician to Mercer's Hospital, Dublin, died at his residence, Cler- 
mont, Blackrock, in the parish of Booterstown, 22nd January, 1864. 
He was an excellent classical scholar, and an esteemed contributor to 
various medical publications ; and he was likewise remarkable for the 
possession of a rich store of quaint literature, upon which he was at all 
times ready to draw for the benefit of others. ( Saunders's News- Letter, 
26th January, 1864.) He was buried in a vault under St. Michan's 
Church, Dublin, where (by his own desire) his coffin stands in an up- 
right position. See Notes and Queries, 3rd S. x. 423 (24th November, 
1866). 



330 APPENDIX III. 



" I have a good right to remember Dr. Perceval ; and it 
would not be more than his due, that I should erect a tablet 
to his memory ' ob vitam servatam.' . . . Fortunately 
the divine old man (a term applied to Hippocrates) was 
called in ; and to his diagnosis of the real nature of the dis- 
ease and consequent judicious treatment, I must, under Pro- 
vidence, ascribe my recovery. His grandfather was Pre- 
bendary of St. Michan's, and Dean of Emly. As Professor of 
Chemistry in Trinity College, he introduced the modern or pneu- 
matic system into this country; and as I have heard, by a 
peculiarly eloquent, but chastened style of lecturing, caused it 
to be soon generally understood ; and at the same time he 
obtained a reputation which brought him into practice 
almost immediately after his settlement in Dublin. To the 
necessity of driving instead of walking thereby imposed upon 
him from an early period of his career, he used to attribute 
his painful disease, and the coming on of a premature old- 
age. He was for many years, as Dr. Cheyne justly styled 
him, l the honoured head of the medical profession.' His 
charities were unbounded, and for the most part known only 
to the recipients ; and these were so numerous, that it caused 
no astonishment that the property left by him bore a small 
proportion to his means of acquiring wealth. He was at- 
tacked by a singularly painful complication of disease ; and 
he gave directions that after death a complete examination 
should be made, which revealed the causes of an amount of 
suffering such as few have to undergo, and which he endured 
with the greatest patience and resignation to the Divine will. 
During the latter years of his life he was much engaged in 
theological studies ; and he wrote a work of great research 
[already referred to] on the opinions of the early Fathers 
regarding the Trinity. He was indeed a man (to quote the 
words of Blumenbach) ' elegantissime doctus.' " 

Note (oooj. 
The Hibernian Nursery, Ringsend.* — In the year 

* In pp. 53, 54, may be found a Note on the derivation of " Ringsend." 
There is some difficulty in deciding the question; and therefore the 
following extract from Joyce's " Origin and History of Irish Names of 
Places " (Dublin, 1869), pp. 369-70, will not be unacceptable : — "Rinn 
means the point of anything, such as the point of a spear, etc. ; in its 
local application, it denotes a point of land, a promontory, or small 
peninsula. O'Brien says in his Dictionary: — 'It would take up more 



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NOTES. 331 



1767 there was published "A Brief Account of the Hiber- 
nian Nursery for the Support and Education of the Orphans 
and Children of Mariners only [see p. 81] ; with the present 
State of that Charitable Institution, which the Governors 
think their Duty to lay before the Public " (12mo. pp. 18). 
"An House," as stated in p. 6, "has been opened last sum- 
mer [at Ringsend] for the reception of 40 poor children, and 
35 are already admitted, who, under such discipline as tends 
to improve and strengthen them in the principles of virtue, 
are maintained, clothed, taught to read and write ; and are 
to be instructed in navigation, so as to be fitted for the sea- 
business, to which, at a proper age, they are to be appren- 
ticed. This singular Institution, recommendable from policy 
as well as humanity, is as yet in its infant state." A sum 
of £500 was paid to the Governors, 23rd December, 1767, 
by the Committee of Merchants conducting the Exchange 
lottery scheme ; being a portion of £3,100 given to charit- 
able institutions. QExshaw's Magazine, 1767, p. 782.) 
Many interesting particulars of the early history of this 
Institution, now known as " The Hibernian Marine Society 
in Dublin, for maintaining, educating, and apprenticing the 
Orphans and Children of Decayed Seamen of Her Majesty's 
Navy and the Merchant Service," may be gleaned from the 
first Minute-book of the Governors. For example : — The 
nature and design of the Institution (p. 1) ; First meeting 
of the Governors (p. 2) ; House taken at Ringsend (p. 5) ; 
Donation from Friendly Brothers (p. 34) ; Badge of Infamy 
(p. 42) ; Boys to walk on the Franchises Day (p. 45) ; 
Petition for Parliamentary aid (p. 47) ; Payment to Sex- 

than a whole sheet to mention all the neck-lands of Ireland, whose 
names begin with this word Rinn. t It is found pretty extensively in 
names, in the forms Rin, Rinn, Keen, Iline, and Ring ; and these 
constitute or begin about 1 70 townland names. . . . Ring stands 
alone as the name of many places in different counties, in all cases 
meaning a point of land ; Ringaskiddy, near Spike Island, in Cork, is 
Skiddy's point. I think it very probable that the point of land between 
the mouth of the river Dodder and the sea, gave name to Ringsend, 
near Dublin, the second syllable being English: — Ringsend, i.e., the 
end of the Rinn or point." 



332 APPENDIX III. 



toness of Irishtown Church (p. 68) ; Fifty guineas from 
City of Dublin (p. 77) ; Application to Lord Fitzwilliam 
for lease of the Pond (p. 80) ; Conniving House (p. 82) ; 
and Purchase of present site on Sir John Rogerson's Quay, 
Dublin (p. 83). A meeting of the Governors of the intended 
Institution was held at the Custom House, 5th June, 1766 ; 
the School was opened 1st September, 1766, and 20 boys 
admitted ; it was resolved on the 9th of the following 
December that 20 additional boys be admitted; and the 
first Meeting held by Charter was on the 6th November, 
1775. For further information, see Whitelaw and Walsh's 
14 History of Dublin," vol. I. pp. 613-18. 

Note (ppp). 

The Grand Canal. Docks, Ringsend On the western 

side of the Dodder, close to the village of Ringsend, are the 
Grand Canal Docks, comprising an area of twenty-five acres, 
with two thousand yards of quayage, and about eighteen 
feet depth of water. They have three commodious graving 
docks, and are entered by two gates, called the Camden and 
Buckingham locks. They were opened on the 23rd of April, 
1796 ; and the following account of the ceremony may be 
found in Walker's Hibernian Magazine, 1796, part 1. pp. 
383-4 : — " This being St. George's Day, was exhibited one 
of the grandest and most interesting spectacles ever witnessed 
by this kingdom, we mean the opening of the Grand Canal 
floating and graving docks. At eleven o'clock in the morning 
his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant, attended by his suite, 
and accompanied by Mr. Secretary Pelham, went on board 
the yacht (commanded by Sir Alexander Schomberg) lying 
in the river. The yacht immediately proceeded into the 
great eastern ship-lock, from whence she passed into the 
floating docks. ... As soon as the yacht entered the 
basin a royal salute was fired from the park of artillery on 
the south bank of the docks, which was returned by the 
yacht as soon as she came to anchor, when she also hoisted 



NOTES. 333 



the royal flag. About twenty vessels of considerable size, 
some of them 400 tons and upwards, entered the docks after 
the yacht, and each of them saluted as they came in ; they 
were followed by a considerable number of small craft, and 
a variety of barges and pleasure-boats handsomely decorated, 
which gave great variety and beauty to the scene. . . . 
His Excellency, Earl Camden, with Mr. Pelham, attended 
by Sir Alexander Schomberg, came ashore in the yacht's 
barge, and was received on the wharf between the two large 
graving docks by the Court of Directors of the Grand Canal. 

The company, which consisted of about one 

thousand of the principal nobility and gentry of this kingdom, 
went to a breakfast which had been prepared in tents for 
the purpose, capable of containing twelve hundred persons." 
In the Earl of ClonmeH's " Private Diary,"* p. 438 (a very 
curious volume, by no means common, and without a title- 
page), mention is made of the same event in these words : — 
" Saturday, 23rd April, St. George's Day. Lord Camden, with 
a vast concourse of people, nobility, gentry, and rabble, atten- 
ded at Ring's End, with music and cannon, and a public break- 
fast, given by the Governors of the Grand Canal, at the opening 
of the new docks and sailing into them by a vast number of 
ships and small boats. The judges and bar left the courts to 
attend so new and splendid a 3i*ght. But what will come of 
all this expected commerce in Dublin, if an Union must 
take place?" In 1846, Sir John Macneill, C.E., presented 
to the Directors of the Grand Canal Company a " Report 
on the Present State and Proposed Improvement of the 
extensive Floating and Graving Docks, at Ringsend" (8vo. 
pp. 14, with a map). 

Note (qqq). 

The Dublin and Kingstown Railway — This railway, 
which was opened to the public in December, 1834, (see p. 

* A copy of this privately-printed volume is in the Library of Trinity 
College, Dublin. 



334 APPENDIX III. 



95), is six miles in length, extending from Westland-row, 
Dublin, to the Victoria Wharf, Kingstown, and was the first, 
and for many years the only railway constructed in Ireland. 
The cost, with appointments complete, was upwards of 
£63,000 per mile. Share capital, under the powers of the 
original Act, was created in 2,000 shares of £100 each, 
called in full and consolidated. An extension Act authorised 
4,000 new shares of £50, and 4,000 of £25 each: £25 of 
the former, and £12 10s. of the latter have been called ; 
and a further Act, obtained in the year 1860, extinguished 
these shares, and consolidated the amount paid up thereon, 
together with the original capital, into one general capital 
stock. The line came under the management of the Dublin 
and Wicklow Railway Company, to whom it is leased, 
1st July, 1856. See " Thorn's Almanac and Official Direc- 
tory, 1861," pp. 722, 723, for a table showing the traffic, etc., 
for the last six years previous to 1st July, 1856 ; and for 
returns of traffic on the Dublin and Wicklow and Dublin 
and Kingstown lines, since their joint working under the 
present Company. In the Dublin Penny Journal, vol. ii. 
pp. 401-5, and vol. iii. pp. 65-9, 84, 132-4 (published in 
1834) s there is an account of the Dublin and Kingstown 
Railway, with nine engravings. In vol. ii. p. 405, there 
are these particulars : — " It may be amusing to our readers 
to know the number of persons and vehicles which pass to 
and from Kingstown in the course of a year ; the items are 
extracted from a document in the possession of the Railway 
Company, and upon which we believe they have founded a 
calculation of the probable profits to be derived from the road 
itself. Number of cars, carriages, etc., passing to and from 
the Rock, from the 12th February, 1831, to the 13th Feb- 
ruary, 1832, between six o'clock in the morning and nine 
at night: — private carriages, 36,287; hackney coaches, 
7,272; private cars, 133,537; public cars, 186,108; gigs, 
24,175; saddle-horses, 46,164; carts, 69,133." "Five Views 
of the Dublin and Kingstown Railway, from Drawings taken 



NOTES. 335 



on the spot by Andrew ISIichol ; with a Description of 
this important National Work," were published in 4to., 
Dublin, 1834. Plate i. is " from Blackrock, looking across 
Dublin Bay towards Williamstown & Merrion — Dublin in 
the distance." 

Note (rrr). 

Sir Bernard De Gomme's Survey op the Harbour 
of Dublin, 1673. — Some details of Yarranton's Survey of 
Ringsend, 1674, having been given in pp. 148-151, a valu- 
able document, entitled " Observations Explanatory of a 
Plan and Estimate for a Citadel at Dublin, designed by Sir 
Bernard de Gomme, Engineer-General, in the year 1673, 
with his Map, showing the state of the Harbour and River 
■at that time, Exhibited to the Royal Irish Academy, at their 
Meeting on Friday, the 15th of March, 1861," and which 
was printed by the late Charles Haliday, Esq., for private 
circulation, is here inserted with his permission : — 

The map, it will be observed, is entitled "An Exact 
Survey of the City of Dublin and part of the Harbour belowe 
Ringsend;" and seems to have been formed by Sir Bernard 
de Gomme, to exhibit the position of the citadel projected 
by him for the protection of the city and river. 

This map, plan, and estimate, never published, and wholly 
overlooked by local historians, is historically interesting, as 
showing the earliest design probably for the defence of 
Dublin against an enemy approaching from the sea, and 
derives a further local interest from the means which it 
affords for contrasting the then state of the harbour of Dublin 
with its present condition. 

And, first, as to the causes prompting the design of forti- 
fying Dublin from an attack by sea at this particular 
period. 

The defenceless state of the chief ports of England and 
Ireland had been forced upon the attention of Government 
shortly before, in consequence of the success of the Dutch 
Fleet, which entered the Thames in 1667 ; and after break- 
ing a chain drawn across the mouth of the Medway, took 
Sheerness and Chatham, and having burned the English 



336 APPENDIX III. 



ships of war stationed there, sailed out again with scarcely 
an} 1 - loss. This successful invasion spread alarm throughout 
the kingdom, and the consternation was so great in London 
that nine ships were sunk at Woolwich, and four at Black- 
wall, to prevent the Dutch from sailing up to London Bridge 
and destroying the city. 

Under these circumstances Sir Martin Beckman and Sir 
Bernard de Gomme, the Royal Engineers, were ordered to 
construct works for the defence of the Thames. These officers 
prepared plans for strengthening the fortifications at Sheer- 
ness and Tilbury — the works at Tilbury Fort being entrusted 
to Sir Bernard de Gomme, who had previously been em- 
ployed on the fortifications at Dunkirk ; and his plans, with 
specifications, are now among the Manuscripts in the British 
Museum. 

Peace with the Dutch was shortly afterwards concluded, 
but did not last long ; and at the commencement of another 
war, in 1672, Sir Bernard de Gomme was sent to Ireland 
to ascertain what works were necessary for the defence of 
ports in that kingdom ; and after a survey of Dublin and 
Kinsale, the plan and estimates now exhibited were pre- 
sented to His Majesty King Charles the Second on the 15th 
of November, 1673. 

The citadel at Dublin was designed to be a pentagon, 
occupying a space of 1,946 yards, with ramparts, ravelins, 
curtain, and bastions, the walls being intended of brick, 
faced with stone, and built on a frame of timber and piles. 
It was to contain barracks for 700 men and officers, with a 
governor's house, and store-houses for munitions of war, a 
chapel, a prison, a clock-tower, and gateway and draw- 
bridges similar to those at Tilbury Fort and Portsmouth — 
the estimated cost being £131,227 5s. 9d. ; the estimate for 
constructing a fort at Ring Curran, to defend Kinsale, being 
£10,350. 

The site chosen for the Dublin citadel was near the space 
now occupied by Merrion-square, and it would be difficult to 
understand the grounds assigned for this choice, viz., its 
being capable of being relieved by sea, without realising to 
the mind the fact, that at that day the sea flowed almost 
to the foot of Merrion-square. That such, however, were 
the grounds for the selection appears in the Letters of the 
Earl of Essex, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, the report of Mr. 
•Jonas Moore, in the year 1675, stating, " that if His Ma- 
jesty should think fit to proceed in the design of building a 






NOTES. 



337 



fort royal on the Strand, near Ringsend, as was designed by- 
Sir Bernard de Gomme, it is doubtless the only proper piece 
of ground where a fort can be built so as to be relieved by 
sea, although for arms the sea air will be very prejudicial," — 
an objection, however, which did not prevent a fort being 
subsequently erected at the Pidgeon House, nearly a mile 
seaward of the site selected by the royal engineer. 

In considering the grounds for selecting this site, it must 
be borne in mind, that any landing by an enemy on the 
north bank of the river was nearly impossible, by reason of 
the shoals of slob or sand extending to a great distance, and 
preventing access to the shore ; but had an enemy even been 
able to disembark, they would have the river between them 
and the object of their attack, as the city then lay altogether 
on the south side of the river, except the district called 
Ostmantown (the ancient settlement of the Danes or Ostmen), 
adjoining St. Michan's Church and Smithfield, the latter 
being long familiarly known under the corrupted name of 
Oxmantown-green. 

Upon the south side of the river, Ringsend was the chief 
landing place at the period of Sir Bernard de Gomme's design. 
The river, not being yet quayed and deepened as it has since 
been, flowed at low water in streams, winding in devious 
courses through a labyrinth of sands, as may be seen on Sir 
Bernard's map. 

Above Ringsend the navigation became still more intricate 
and difficult. The long line of South Wall, nearly three 
miles and a quarter in length, from Ringsend to Poolbeg, 
carried over the South Bull, through the water towards the 
bar, and terminated by the Poolbeg Lighthouse, marking the 
entrance of the river, was then not thought of. The sea, 
not banked out from the south side of the city by Sir John 
Rogerson's-quay, spread itself over ground now laid out in 
streets ; so that Ringsend — true to its name, Rin or Reen, 
meaning a spit or point — presents itself in Sir Bernard de 
Gomme's map as a long and narrow tongue or spit of land 
running out into the sea, the water on its western side 
spreading over all the low ground between Irishtown and the 
slightly rising ground on which stand the barracks at 
Beggar's Bush, and under Sir Patrick Dun's Hospital, along 
the line of Denzille-street and Great Brunswick-street, to 
Townsend-street, called Lazey, otherwise Lazar's-hill, and 
flowing even to that front of the Parliament House called the 
Lords' Entrance, facing College-street, as may be seen on the 

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338 APPENDIX III. 



ground plan of Chichester House (the site of which the 
Parliament House occupies), where ground under this face is 
described as " the Old Shore. ' At Lazar's-hill, in the year 
1657, we find a frigate built and launched. Among the 
Treasury warrants issued by the Commissioners of England 
for the affairs of Ireland, is an order dated the 24th March, 
1656-7, "That James Standish, Receiver-General, do issue 
forth and pay unto Mr. Timothy Avery the sum of £100, 
on account, the same being to be by him issued out towards 
the finishing and speedy fitting to sea the new ffrigatt, called 
the Lambay Catch, now rebuilt and lately launched att 
Lazey-hill, Dublin, according to such orders as he shall 
receive in writing under the hand of Captain Edward Tomlins, 
and Joseph Glover, who is to command the said shipp, for 
payment whereof this is a warrant," etc. Ringsend was then 
a place of arrival and departure for Lord Deputies with their 
attendant trains ; and here, it may be remembered, 
Oliver Cromwell, as Lord Lieutenant, landed in the month 
of August, 1649, with an army cf 13,000 men, to commence 
his memorable nine months' campaign in Ireland. 

From Ringsend the direct approach to Dublin lay across 
ground overflowed by the tide, but passable at low water for 
man or horse about the place where the Ringsend bridge now 
stands. At full tide the way lay more inland, through the 
fields of Bagotrath, the line of approach being through Irish- 
town, nearly along the course of Bath-avenue, and by the 
line of Mount-street and Merrion-square to the Castle. 

In the year 1674 — that following the visit of Sir Bernard 
de Gomme — Andrew Yarranton, the publisher of some plans 
for the improvement of harbours in England, came to Dublin, 
and was, as he states, " importuned by Lord Mayor Brewster 
to bestow some time on a survey of the port," the result of 
which was, that, considering it impossible to deepen the 
water on the bar, he offered suggestions for an artificial 
harbour, and fort for its defence, on the strand (then covered 
by the tide) between Ringsend and " the Town's End street " ; 
the want of some protection for the trade of Dublin being 
then a subject which engaged public attention, in consequence 
of a French privateer having entered the bay, and captured 
and carried off a Spanish ship from near the bar of the river. 
Yarranton's plan appeared in a treatise entitled " England's 
Improvement by Sea and Land, to outdo the Dutch without 
Fighting," published in 1677. 

The plan of a citadel, as projected by Sir Bernard de 



NOTES. 339 



Gomme, though not executed, seems not to have been wholly- 
laid aside, for in a fine collection, in folio, of plans of all the 
forts existing in Ireland, in the year 1684, with their eleva- 
tions beautifully executed in water-colours, together with 
projects for additional defences, preserved in Kilkenny Castle, 
the same design reappears. This volume of plans is entitled 
" A Report drawn up by direction of His Majesty King 
Charles the Second, and General Right Hon. George Lord 
Dartmouth, Master- General of His Majesty's Ordnance in 
England, and performed by Thomas Phillips, Anno 1685"; 
and it contains several plans and details "for a Citadel to be 
built over Dublin," the site being apparently the same as that 
chosen by Sir Bernard de Gomme, and the form similar. 

The plans of Yarranton and de Gomme directed attention 
to the improvement of the port of Dublin, the trade of which 
was then carried on by vessels of from fifty to one hundred 
tons burden. 

As there was no corporate or other body in Dublin, 
entrusted with the conservancy of the river, and especially 
empowered to raise ballast, Henry Howard petitioned the 
Lord Lieutenant, in 1676, that a patent might be granted to 
him, pursuant to the King's letter, which he had obtained for 
establishing a ballast-office. This, however, was opposed by 
the Lord Mayor and citizens, on the ground that the charter 
of King John gave to them the strand of the river, where 
ballast should be raised ; and they therefore prayed that per- 
mission to establish a ballast- office might be granted to them, 
they applying the profits thereof to the maintenance of the 
intended "King's Hospital" (since better known as the 
Blue Coat School). The Lord Lieutenant neither granted 
the prayer of the one petition or the other, nor did Howard 
execute a lease which he had proposed to take from the 
city. 

The Corporation of Dublin, still anxious to improve the 
port, petitioned the House of Commons in 1698, stating that 
" the river had become so shallow, and the channel so uncer- 
tain, that neither barques nor lighters of any burden could 
get up except at spring tides, much merchandise being 
unloaded at Ringsend, and thence carted up to Dublin " ; 
and therefore prayed that they might be permitted to establish 
a ballast-office. 

On this petition the " heads of a bill " were prepared and 
transmitted to England, comformable with Poyning's law, 
but the bill " was stopped in England by some persons there 



340 APPENDIX III. 



(as was alleged), who endeavoured to get a grant from the 
Admiralty for the benefit of the chest at Chatham." 

It is more likely, however, that the opposition originated 
in some jealousy respecting the Admiralty jurisdiction of the 
port, the Lord Mayor being "Admiral of Dublin," over 
which the Lord High Admiral of England claimed to be 
supreme. This obstacle was removed in 1708, when the 
Ballast Office was created by an Act of the Sixth of Queen 
Anne ; for, although there was no clause to that effect in- 
serted in the bill, the City had privately promised the Prince 
Consort, Prince George of Denmark, then Lord High 
Admiral of England, an annual tribute " of one hundred yards 
of the best Holland Duck Sail Cloth, which shall be made in 
the realm of Ireland '' ; and this tribute was for a time 
regularly sent to London, and on one occasion when it was 
omitted, it was formally demanded by the Admiralty, and 
then forwarded by the Corporation. 

To the establishment of this Ballast Office in 1708, and 
the remodelling of it in 1787, under the name of " The Cor- 
poration for preserving and improving the Port of Dublin," 
we owe the extraordinary improvement manifested by an 
inspection of the map. 

It will be observed, that the high- water mark was " the 
Townsend-street " on the one side, and what yet retains 
the name of " the North Strand " on the other ; and a 
curious illustration of the state of the harbour is found in the 
fact, that during a storm in 1670, the tide flowed up to the 
College, and at a later period, that a collier was wrecked 
where Sir Patrick Dun's Hospital now stands. 

The soil raised by dredging the river during 130 years has 
contributed to fill up the space now occupied by the Custom 
House, Commons-street, Mayor-street, etc., to the north, and 
Great Brunswick-street, etc., to the south ; and so late as 1728, 
when ' \ Brooking's Map of Dublin " was published, the whole of 
the ground known as the " North and South Lotts " was 
still covered by the tide, the name of " Lotts " originating in 
the resolution of the Lord Mayor and citizens to apportion 
them out, and " draw lots for them," with the stipulation 
that they should be enclosed from the river by a wall, and 
filled up. 

But the greatest improvement as regards the trade of the 
port has been the partial removal of the bar at the mouth of 
the river, For the removal of this bar the most eminent 
engineers had been consulted. In 1713 the Ballast Office 



NOTES. 341 



procured the services of Captain John Perry, who had been 
employed at Dover harbour, and at the Daggenham breach 
in the Thames ; but although he suggested plans by which 
it was conceived that the depth of the water might be 
increased, the task was considered so hopeless, that to render 
the port fit for vessels drawing even twelve feet of water, it 
was proposed that an artificial harbour should be constructed 
near Ringsend, one engineer suggesting that this harbour 
should be accessible by a ship canal, along the Sutton shore ; 
and another, that the canal should be from Dalkey or Kings- 
town, so as altogether to avoid the bar. 

The works executed by the Ballast Office have, however, 
so far removed the bar, that at the spot where Nicholas Ball 
proposed, in 1582, " to build a tower, like the Maiden Tower 
at Drogheda," there is now twenty-five feet of water at spring 
tides ; and the river, which in 1713 could only be used by 
vessels of fifty to one hundred tons burden, is now used by 
vessels of 1,000 to 1,100 tons register, and drawing twenty- 
one feet of water. The effect of the improvement being, that 
the Ballast Office must construct new docks for the large 
vessels now frequenting the port, as the Custom-house docks 
planned by Sir John Rennie so late as 1821, are incapable 
of receiving steam or other large vessels, the sill of the lock 
gates being now four feet above the deepened bed of the 
river in front. Charles Haliday, M.R.I.A. 

Monkstown Park [Dublin], 
15th March, 1861. 

For several particulars of Sir Bernard de Gomme, who 
11 was perhaps the most eminent engineer in the service of the 
British Crown during the period of the Civil Wars," 
see Notes and Queries, 2nd S. IX. 221, 252 (24th and 31st 
March, 1860). 

Note (sss). 

St. Matthew's Churchyard. — This burial-ground, 
with the vault under the church, has been closed against 
interments by an order of the Lords Justices and Privy Council 
in Ireland, dated 13th July, 1872, subject to the rights of 
certain persons, as set forth in the Dublin Gazette of the 19th 



342 APPENDIX III. 



inst. In the memorial which had been presented to the Lord 
Lieutenant in Council, in pursuance of the provisions of 1 9 
& 20 Vict. c. 98> it was stated that the graveyard had existed 
for one hundred and sixty years; that during that period 
burials had taken place in it continuously (the number for 
the ten years ending with 1864, having been 549 ; and for 
the ten years ending with 1871, 585) ; and that for the pro- 
tection of the public health, the neighbourhood being popu- 
lous, burials should be , wholly discontinued. {Saunders's 
News-Letter, 3rd July.) $ The following inscriptions are given 
in continuation of those which have appeared in pp. 152- 
157:— 

XXVI. 

" Here lieth the body of Mr. Joseph Watson, late Deputy 
Surveyor at Ringsend, who died the 17th day of August, 
1746, aged 66 years." ["Buried, August y e 19, 1746, Mr. 
Jos. Wattson." — Parish Register J] 



a Mr. Richard Piper, of Whitehaven, Mariner, died May 
24th, 1750, aged 37 years." 



" Here lieth the body of Mr. John Hall, who departed this 
life the seventh day of April, 1758, aged 48 years." 



" Here lyes interred the body of Mrs. Margaret Medlicott, 
wife of Joseph Medlicott, Gent., and daughter of James Moore, 
Esq r , formerly Surveyor of Ringsend, whose family burial- 
place this is. She was a most affectionate and tender wife, and 
a dutifull and beloved daughter. She departed this life the 
15th day of January, 1759, in the 30th year of her age." 



" Here lyeth in hopes of a resurrection to glory, the body 
of Deborah Moore, daughter of James Moore, Esq r , late Col- 
lector of Newport, and formerly Surveyor of Ringsend, whose 
burial-ground this is. She departed this life y e 20th 
Novem r , 1766, aged 49." ["Buried, Nov r y e 23, 1766, 
Deby Moor." — Parish Register.'] 



NOTES. 343 



" This buryal-place belongs to Alex r Stephens, of Temple 
Barr [Dublin]. Here lyeth bis grandson, Alex r Stephens, 
dyed y e 11th of Feb 7 , 1763, aged 10 months." 



" The body of Michael Fox, of Tully, in the county of 
Leitrim, but latterly of Ringsend, in the county of Dublin, 
is here deposited. He departed this life on the 7 th day of 
July, in the year 1768, aged 68 years. Here also lieth the 
body of Michael Fox, second son of the said Michael Fox, 
who departed this life on the 23rd day of May, in the year 
1815, aged 74 years. Here also lieth the body of John Fox. 
third son of the said Michael Fox, the elder, who departed 
this life on the 21st day of August, in the year 1815, aged 67 
years. Also the remains of Peter Fox, Barrister, son of the 
first-named Michael Fox, who departed this life September 
26th, 1823, aged 69 years. Here also rest the mortal re- 
mains of the beloved Susanna Fox, wife of Michael Fox, 
grandson of the first above-named Michael, and daughter of 
Rob 1 Jones Lloyd, Esq r , of Elphin, County Roscommon. 
She died Sep r 6th, 1826, aged 32 years. Gifted with the 
gentlest manners, a clear understanding, an affectionate heart, 
an anxiety for immortal souls, and an abiding love for her 
Redeemer, she adorned His doctrine, and was a means of grace 
to many. ' Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee 
a crown of life.' — Rev. ii. 10." 



14 Here lyeth the body of Mrs. Elizabeth Campbell, who 
departed this life the 28th of Jan y , 1770, aged 68." 



" Here lyeth the body of Christopher Dunn, of the city of 
Dublin, Mariner, who departed this life 21st May, 1778, aged 
77 years. Here also lie the remains of Mr. Thomas Lee, 
late of the city of Dublin, Apothecary. He was husband to 
the granddaughter of the said Christ* Dunn, and departed 
this life the 13th day of July, 1797, in the 47th year of his 
age. Capt n Tho s Dunn, son to the above Christ 1 ", died the 
13th of Dec r , 1804, in the 68th year of his age." 

xxxv. 

" This stone and burial-place belongeth to Lancelot Hall- 



344 APPENDIX III. 



wood, of Bride-street, in the city of Dublin, and his posterity. 
Here lieth the body of Alexander Hallwood, son of the afore- 
said Lancelot, a youth of the sweetest disposition and gentle 
manners. Also lieth interr'd the remains of Rebecca Hall- 
wood, wife to the above-named Lancelot. She departed this 
life on the 6th day of May, 1782, in the 55th year of her 
age." 

XXXVI. 

" This stone and burial-place belongs to Mr. John Smith, 
of Dublin, Merchant. Here lieth the remains of Mrs. Mary 
Smith, his mother, who departed this life March 13th, 1783, 
aged 53 years." [Were they connected with the Vavasour 
family ? See p. 153.] 

XXXVII. 

" To the memory of Martha Chapman, daughter of Robert 
and Elizabeth Roe, this tomb is erected by William Chap- 
man, Engineer, to whom she was united by every tender and 
sacred tie on the 11th day of March, 1786, and separated by 
the remorseless hand of death on the 6th of Feb y , 1787, in 
the — year of her age. An awful lesson of the instability of 
human felicity ; for, with all the soft attractions, an enligh- 
tened understanding, and a feeling heart, in her was combined 
every virtue." 

XXXVIII. 

" Sacred to the memory of Mr Robert Roe, of [the Salt 
Works] Ringsend, no less remarkable for very superior mental 
endowments than for the most unwearied diligence and a 
truly philanthropic disposition. His well-spent scientific life 
was a continued series of exertions for the advancement of 
useful arts, or the alleviation of the miseries of his fellow- 
creatures. He departed this life on the 29th day of March, 
1795, in the fifty-seventh year of his age." 



" Here lieth the remains of Robert Baillie, Jun r , who died 
Jan y , 1805, aged 17 years. Also the remains of Margaret, wife 
of the Rev d D. [Daniel] Mooney [F.T.C.D., who died in June, 
1818] ; she died 5th May, 1815. Also the remains of Frances, 
wife of Robert Roe, Esq r , who died 24th Feburary, 1821, 
aged 61 years. Also of Frances, daughter of said Robert Roe, 
who died 4th Dec r , 1821, aged 21 years. Also of Eliza, 
daughter of said Rev d D. Mooney, who died 23rd March, 
1829, in her 18th year. Also of said Robert Roe, who died 



NOTES. 345 



28th March, 1833, aged 74 years." [Alderman George Roe, 
D.L., of Nutley, Donnybrook, was a member of this family ; 
and having died 20th July, 1863, was buried in Mount 
Jerome Cemetery, Dublin, where there is this brief inscription : 
— " In memory of George Roe, of Nutley, Co. Dublin, July 
20th, 1863. ' death, where is thy sting? grave, where 
is thy victory ? But thanks be to God, which giveth us the 
victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.' "] 



"This monument was erected by Cap 1 George Jenkins to 
the memory of his beloved wife, Ursula Jenkins. In her 
were united the affectionate wife, the tender parent, and the 
humane benefactress of the distress'd. She departed this life 
on the 4th day of March, 1788, in the 58th year of her age. 

1 Happy are they whose tender care 
Relieves the poor distress'd ; 
When troubles compass them around, 
The Lord shall give them rest.' " 



" This erected by John Atkinson, Merchant, Fleet St., 
Dublin, in memory of his mother, Sarah Atkinson, who died 
March the 17th, 1789 ; and of his three children, who died, 
viz. Sarah, 12th, Martha, 19th April, Alfred, — May, 1784." 



" This stone was erected by Mich 1 Plunkett, of Thomas 
Street, in the city of Dublin, Grocer, in memory of his beloved 
wife, Elizabeth Plunkett, who departed this life y e 29th day 
of November, 1790, in the twenty -fifth year of her age. 
Here lieth the beloved remains of Joseph Williams, Esq r , of 
Drumcondra, who died 28th March, 1840, aged 73 ; together 
with his mother, 6 of his sons, and 2 daughters." 



" Here lyeth the body of Francis Jenkins, son of Edward 
and Elizabeth Jenkins, who died 1st April, 1793. Also Emily 
Jenkins, their daughter, aged 16 years and two months, who 
died 12th August, 1808." 



u Here lieth the body of Captain John English, of the city 
of Dublin, Mariner, who departed this life August 15th, 1793, 



346 APPENDIX III. 



aged 80 years. Here also lieth the body of Captain John 
English, nephew to the above, who departed this life June y 8 
20th, 1795, aged 39 years. Here lieth the body of Esther 
Matthusson, formerly English, wife of the above Capt n John 
English, who departed this life the 9th of January, 1805." 



"Sacred to the memory of Henry Totty, late Commander 
of the Brigg Hawk of Chester, who was upwards of 40 years 
trading from that city and Liverpool to this port. For 
honesty and integrity he might be equall'd, but not exceeded. 
He departed this life the 3rd day of July, 1799, aged 60 
vears. Reader, remember an honest man is the noblest 
work of God." 

XLVI. 

" Erected by William Campbell in memory of his father- 
in-law, James Bailie, Esquire, of Sandymount, who departed 
this life the 12th of July, 1800, aged 79 years." 



" This stone is erected to the memory of George Gray, 
Esq r , late of Portobello, in the county of Dublin, whose 
remains are here interred. 2 do Novem. natus est, 1737. 
Obiit 6 t0 Octobris, 1800, Mt- 63. 

' Of simple manners, and of purest heart, 
A friend to truth, and enemy to art, 
Plain in his dealings, sacred in his trust, 
Thro' life most honest, and in death most just.' 

Here also are deposited the remains of Mrs. Martha Gray, 
wife of the above-named George. She departed this life the 
11th day of December, 1802, aged 63 years.'* 



" This stone was erected by Mrs. Mary Robinson in memory 
of her beloved husband, Mr. James Robinson, of Nassau Street, 
in the city of Dublin, who departed this life the 2nd of No- 
vember, 1801, aged 37 years. Here also lyeth the remains 
of the said Mary Robinson, who after was married to the late 
Val. Lanagan, of Cork Hill, in said city. Dyed 21st Dec r , 
1827, aged 60 years." 

XLIX. 

" To the memory of Mr. John Hammond, late of Sir John 
Rogerson's Quay, in the city of Dublin, Harpsichord Maker, 



NOTES. 



347 



who departed this life the 28th of April, 1802, aged 47 years. 
Also Elizabeth Hammond, otherwise Fisher, his wife, who 
died the 25th of Nov* - , 1810, aged 43 years. This stone is 
erected by their affectionate son, Joseph Hammond." 



"Thomas Hammond, who departed this life the 12th 
Sept r , 1802, aged 50 years. Also Tho s Hammond, grandson, 
who dep d this life the 9th Deer, 1832, aged 7 years. Also 
Eleanor Hammond, who dept d this life the 3rd Aug 1 , 1833, 
aged 83 years." 

LI. 

" Here lie the remains of Edward Edwards, Master of the 
Prince of Wales of Parkgate, who departed this life the 19th 
of November, 1802, aged 32. 

' Life's voyage now ended, his dangers are past, 
Hi6 ship is safe moor'd, and he's landed at last ; 
His treasures are safe in the mansions on high, 
Which we hope through God's mercy he's gone to enjoy.' " 

LII. 

"A small but just tribute of gratitude and affection to the 
memory of a truly virtuous and honest man, George Burnet, 
late Bookseller in Abbey Street [Dublin], who departed this 
life April the 3rd, 1803, aged 73 years. Also Richard Burnet, 
his only son, who departed this life Septr 14, 1805." [The 
remainder of the inscription is under ground. J 



"Underneath are deposited the remains of Miss Catherine 
Fitzmaurice, of Peafield [BlackrockJ, who departed this life 
August 6th, 1804, aged 66 years. This stone was erected 
to her memory by her grateful and affectionate sister, Gertrude 
Fitzmaurice." 



" Sacred to the memory of Mrs. Marg* Anne Worthington, 
who departed this life February 16th, 1809, aged 32 years. 
This tombstone is erected to her memory by her affectionate 
husband, Joseph Worthington [of Ringsend]. Here also lie 
interr'd two of their children. Near this spot lies interr'd 
the remains of his father, Hump y Worthington, Timber 
Merchant, who died 16th February, 1790, aged 37 years. 
Here also are interred the remains of his sister, Miss Mary 



348 APPENDIX III. 



Worthington, who departed this life the 5 th June, 1814, aged 
29 years. Also Mrs. Jane Worthington, second wife of the 
above-named Joseph Worthington, who died May 11th, 
1848, aged 54, sincerely and deservedly regretted by her 
family. Here also are interred the mortal remains of the 
above-named Joseph Worthington, who dep d this life the 
22nd Jan y , 1847, in the 71st year of his age." 

LV. 

" The burial-place of John Beatty. Here is deposited the 
remains of his son, Robert David Beatty, born 1st March, 
1798, and died 3rd October, 1811. Also Susanna Beatty, 
born 21st September, 1794, and died November, 1811." 



" Sacred to the memory of Eliza, wife of Lieu* D. Kinnear, 
of the Royal Artillery Drivers, who departed this life Jan y 
23rd, 1813, aged 34 years. Also of her infant daughters, 
Anna and Eliza Jane." 

LVII. 

" Georgianna Hart, daughter of Colonel Hart, I.E.C., 
obiit 27th January, 1813, setat. 4 years. Also Augustus 
Alexander Hart, 3rd son of the above, obiit 7th March, 1813, 
setat. 6 months. Also Emily Hart, obiit 5th June, 1813, 
setat. 3 years and 4 months. Also Henry Moutray, 4th son 
of the above, obiit 25th July, 1815, setat. 11 months. Also 
the much lamented John Arch d , second son of Colonel Hart, 
who, after a series of long sufferings, resigned with pious resigna- 
tion his breath to his Creator on the 20th December, 1820, 
setat. 14. Also the remains of Lieu* Colonel John Hart, who 
departed this life the 18th of December, 1833, aged 63 years." 



"This stone was erected by H. M. Henderson to the 
memory of his beloved wife, Sophia Henderson, who departed 
this life the 14th of April, in the 26th year of her age, 1814." 



" Erected by Thomas Lockhart, of North Anne Street, 
Dublin, to the memory of his mother, Marion Lockhart, who 
died June, 1815, aged 50 years. Also his father, Thomas 
Lockhart, who died May, 1826, aged 65 years. And his son, 
Thomas Lockhart, who died June, 1827, aged 6 years." 



NOTES. 349 



" This monument was erected by P. H. Fitzgerald, Esq r , 
as the last and sad tribute of his affection, to protect the 
remains, and preserve the memory, of his three beloved sons ; 
George, who died Nov r 28th, aged 14 months ; Henry 
Maurice, who died Dec r 7th, aged 7 years ; and John, who 
died Dec 1 " 11th, aged 11 years, in the year of our Lord 1815." 

' They undivided sleep, as saints repose, 
Bewailed in sorrow, and embalmed in love, 
To wake and live, as Christ immortal rose, 
Thro' Him regen*rate heirs to bliss above.' " 

LXI. 

" Here lieth the body of Mr. Fennell Collins, who departed 
this life on the 10th of February, 1818, aged 78 years.'' 



" Here lieth the remains of Mr. Michael Richardson, 
Ringsend, who departed this life October the 11th, 1818, in 
the 74th year of his age. Also his dearly beloved wife, 
Alicia Richardson, departed this life December the 3rd, in the 
same year, in the 70th year of her age." 



" This burial-place belongeth to Joseph Mathers, Esq 1 ", of 
the city of Dublin. Here lieth the body of Eliza Mathers, 
his wife, who died the 11th of March, 1819, aged 43 years." 



" Sacred to the memory of Margaret Broadbent, wife of 
Robert Broadbent, of Ringsend, who departed this life 
10th December, 1819, aged 26 years." 



" Sacred to the memory of Mr. John Hodges, of Ringsend, 
who departed this life 8th Jan y , 1821, aged 28 years. And 
of Elizabeth, his beloved wife, who departed 24th Feb 7 , 
1855, aged 59 years. Also their sons, Sam 1 , who dep d 
30th Oct', 1829, aged 11 y", and Rich d , who dep d 27th 
Aug*, 1838, aged 19 y rs . And of Elizabeth, the beloved 
wife of Mr. George Hodges, who dep d this life 26th March, 
1846, aged 28 years." 



350 APPENDIX III. 



"Here lieth the remains of Frances Dodd, wife of Robert 
Dodd, of Sandy mount, who departed this life the 27 th day of 
April, 1823, aged 66 years. She was a good wife, and 
tender mother, and is much regretted by all her friends. 
Here lieth the remains of Maryanne Esther Salmon, grand- 
daughter of the above-named Mrs. Dodd, of Sandymount, 
who departed this life the 3rd July, 1845, in her eleventh 
year. Also John Salmon, her brother, who departed this 
life on the 12th May, 1847, in his eighteenth year. And 
Mrs. Maryanne Salmon, wife of Mr. Francis Salmon, of Sandy- 
mount, and mother of the above children, who departed thi3 
life on the 14th May, 1847, in her fifty-second year, much 
regretted by a large circle of friends. Here lieth Maryanne 
Askins, who departed this life on the 7th Nov?, 1827, in her 6th 
year. Also William Askins, son-in-law to the above-named 
Frances Dodd, who departed this life on the 8th Feb ry , 1848, 
in the 52nd year of his age. Robert Salmon, departed this 
life 25th June, 1848, aged 24 years. Robert Dodd, departed 
this life 8th January, 1854, aged 87 years, grandfather to 
to the above children, a very old resident of Sandymount. 
Here lie the remains of Francis Salmon, who departed this 
life on the 31st March, 1866, aged 68 years." 

LXVII. 

" Elizabeth Taylor, departed this life November 15th, 1823, 
aged 48." 

LXVIII. 

" Here are deposited the bodies of Andrew and William 
Malcolm Harley, sons of John Harley, James' Street [Dublin] : 
the former died on the 7th Dec r , 1825, aged 17 years, and 
the latter on the 23rd Nov r , 1830, aged 9 years. Also the 
body of Mrs. B. Bell, their grandmother, relict of Mr. W. 
Bell, Printer, Glasgow, who departed this life on the 18th 
July, 1831, aged 81 years, a friend to truth. John Harley, 
Esq r , her son-in-law, died April the 5th, 1857, aged 73 years. 
Andrew Harley, his son, Student Trinity College [Dublin], 
aged 18 years, and three of his children who died young. 
James Thomson, C.E., died June, 1854, aged 52 years. 
Also Elizabeth Harley, widow of the late John Harley, who 
died 21st December, 1864, aged 87 years." 

LXIX. 

"Erected by Edward Ramsay to the memory of his 



beloved parents and children. His daughter, Mary Riely, 
dep d 17th June, 1827, aged 36 years. Also his affectionate 
daughter, Teresa Ramsay, who depd 29th June, 1827, aged 
21 years ; and also rive of his children who died young." 



" To the memory of Elizabeth, the beloved wife of John 
Askins, Sandymount, who departed this life the 17th of 
November, 1827, aged 38 years. Also George, youngest son 
of the above, who died February 25th, 1827, aged 4 years 
and 10 months." 



" This stone was erected to the memory of Mrs. Letitia 
Daly, of Henry Street [Dublin], who departed this life on 
the 30th April, 1829, aged 41 years. Also are interred here 
her twin daughters, Ellen and Margaret Daly, who died in 
the months of August and October, 1820. Here also are de- 
posited the remains of James Daly, of Henry Street, husband 
of the above-named Letitia. He departed this life on the 
15th of February, 1848, aged 58 years. Here also lieth the 
remains of Capt n John Heard, who departed this life Octo- 
ber the 3rd, 1817, aged 74 years." [There is another stone 
with a similar inscription respecting Captain Heard.] 



" Thomas Newcomb, of Stroudwater, departed this life 
18th June, 1831, aged 71." 



" Underneath are interred the mortal remains of Mr. 
Henry Murphy, who departed this life 13th Sep r , 1832, 
aged 57 years. In the various relations of life bis heart 
shewed itself most kind in all its feelings, and steady in its 
attachments, whilst his upright principles obtained for him 
the confidence and respect of all who knew him. As a tri- 
bute to the memory of him whose loss she now mourns, and 
to whose society in another world she trusts through the 
mercies of our Lord to be restored, this stone has been here 
placed by his sorrowing widow. Here rest the remains of 
his widow, Letitia Murphy, who died Oct r 24th, 1839, 
aged 63 years. Also the remains of James Bradshaw, 
nephew of the above-named Henry and Letitia Murphy, who 
died June 3rd, 1841, aged 7 years." 



352 APPENDIX III. 



" Here lie interred the remains of Michael Murphy, Esq*, 
of Sandymount, who departed this life the 29th of April, 
1833, aged 59 years." 

LXXV. 

" In the 9th month of 1833 were deposited here the mortal 
remains of Mary, the beloved wife of Edward Baldwin, whose 
sole consolation for one ' too early lost ' is derived from the 
apocalyptical record of the bliss of those who ' sleep in Jesus.' 
1 I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Blessed are 
the dead which die in the Lord.' Here also are interred the 
remains of Edward and Mary, their infant issue." 



" Sacred to the memory of Betsey Stothard, daughter of 
John and Hannah Stothard, of London Bridge Koad [Irish- 
town], who departed this life on the 26 th day of November, 
1833, aged 7 years and 5 months. Edward Henry, their 
son, who died on the 25th November, 1832, aged 26 days ; 
and also Louisa, their daughter, who died on the 11th August, 
1830." 

lxxvii. 

" Sacred to the memory of Daniel Waters, who died A.D. 
1835. Also his beloved wife Jane, who died 28 th Nov r , 
1857 ; and to their infant children, John and William." 



" Sacred to the memory of James Pile, Mariner, native of 
Brixham, who departed this life the 29th of May, 1835, aged 
46 years. The remains of his beloved wife, Mrs. Sarah Pile, 
are also here interred. She departed this life the 18th of 
March, 1838, aged 43 years." 



" Sacred to the memory of Rich d Archer, Esq r , of Serpen- 
tine Avenue, [Sandymount], who died 5th December, 1836. 
Also his son Robert, who died 18th May, 1832 ; and his 
daughter Elizabeth, who died 12th July, 1840. Their re- 
mains lie on the left of this stone ; and on the right repose 
those of Catharine, wife of the above-named Richard Archer, 
who departed this life on the 1st of April, 1858. ' Blessed 
are the pure in heart ; for they shall see God.' — Matt. v. 8." 



NOTES. 353 



11 This monument was erected by Mrs. Throckmorton to 
the memory of Edw d Acton, Esq r , of the 53rd Regiment, who 
died at the Pigeon House Fort on the 25th March, 1838, aged 
20 years, ' He was taken away lest wickedness should alter 
his understanding, or deceit beguile his soul.' — Wisdom, 
iv. 11." 



" Underneath this stone are deposited the remains of 
Joseph Skaise, of Sandy mount, who departed this life 8 th 
Oct r , 1842, aged 20 years. The sting of death was totally 
removed through faith in our Redeemer's precious blood ; 
and he fell asleep in Jesus, having a blessed hope of a glorious 
resurrection." 



" Sacred to the memory of Mr. John Howard, who de- 
parted this life on the 23rd of April, 1843, aged 42 years. 

c Tho' lost to sight, to memory dear, 
The heart will ever pay a tributary tear.' " 

["The line ' Though lost to sight, to memory dear/ has 
baffled the researches of the literati of England and America." 
— Notes and Queries, 4th S. iv. 399.] 



" To the memory of Sarah Catherine Miles, who died April 
6th, 1844, aged one year. Also of Maria Catherine Miles, 
who died May 20th, 1848, aged two years. The beloved 
children of Falconer Miles, Esq re , Lower Pembroke St., 
Dublin. ' Of such is the kingdom of heaven.' Also of his 
fifth son, Falconer, died July 5th, 1861, aged 10 years. 
Also of his eldest daughter, Fanny, died June 5th, 1864, 
aged 23 years. Also of his fourth son, Edmund, died 25th 
Kov r , 1868, aged 23 years. Also of his youngest son, Harry 
William, died 20th June, 1869, aged 16*years." 



" Erected by John Johnstone Macaulay to the memory of 
his children : Cadwallader, who died 12th Sep 1 ", 1847, aged 
1 year ; also Thomas Hobkirk, whose remains are interred 
here. He was lost in the wreck of the S. S. Ceres on the 
coast of Wexford, on 10th Nov', 1866, aged 26 years." 

2 A 



354 APPENDIX III. 



LXXXV. 



" Erected to the memory of Caroline Clements, departed 
this life the 8th of April, 1851, aged 67. [Captain] Joseph 
Clements, departed this life the 16th of September, 1858, 
aged 79. And William Clements, departed this life the 4th 
of October, 1860, aged 59." 



" Sacred to the memory of William West, of Cloone, Co. 
Leitrim, late of Sandymount, Esqr, died 12th May, 1851, 
aged 55 years. Also his two little grandchildren, James 
West, who died 20th Novr, 1852, aged 10 weeks, and Her- 
cules Graves, who died Jan y 21st, I860, aged 2 years and 
8 months, both children of James Russell, of Dublin, Esq r . 
Also Mrs. Eleanor Swanne, their grandaunt, who died 2nd 
Feb., 1857, aged 88 years." 

LXXXVII. 

" Sacred to the memory of Samuel James Forman, late 
Sergeant 2nd Battalion 60th or King's Royal Rifles, who 
departed this life on the 11th day of March, in the year of 
our Lord 1855, aged 35 years. This tribute of respect was 
erected by his late comrade Sergeants, who lost in him a 
true brother and a good soldier." 

LXXXVIII. 

" This burial-place belongs to Forrester Duke [of Rings- 
end]. In memory of Forrester Duke, who departed this life 
23rd November, 1866, aged 78 years." 



" Sacred to the memory of Ellen Caulfield, who departed 
this life Jan y 21st, 1868, aged 27 years. Erected as a 
token of esteem by a sincere friend." 



" Sacred to the memory of Ann, the beloved wife of J. 
M'Murray, who died on 26th September, 1868, aged 77 
years. Also her beloved grandchild, Hannah Maria Cole- 
man, who died on 6th August, 1866, aged 3 years." 



NOTES. 355 



" Iii memory of Miss C. Montgomery, late of Sandymount. 
who died 16th Oct r , 1868, aged 79 years." 



" Sacred to the memory of Maria Margaret Pook, widow 
of Commander Henry Pook, R.N., who departed this life on 
the 22nd Deer, 1869, in the 87th year of her age." 



" In affectionate remembrance of John Hawkins Askins, 
Hollypark, Sandymount, who died Feb y 9th, 1870, aged 82 
years. Susan, his wife, who died 5th May, 1858, aged 52 
years. Two of their daughters ; Ellen, who died in infancy ; 
and Susan Sophia, who died July 23rd, 1865, aged 27 years. 
'Them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.' 
— 1 Thess. iv. 14." [Mr. Askins served as Churchwarden 
of Donnybrook in 1841, and for several years was actively 
engaged in parochial affairs.] 

[It may be well to record that Lund} 7 Foote, Esq., men- 
tioned in the inscription No. IV., p. 153, was interred in 
the Rower Churchyard, Co. Kilkenny, in January, 1835 ; 
and that about two years after his remains were removed to 
St. Matthew's, when the Rower estate was sold by his son, 
the late Lundy E. Foot, Esq., of Dublin, to Mr. Tighe, of 
Woodstock. {Letter from L. E. Foot, Esq.) Mr. Foot 
died in 1863, and has been interred in Mount Jerome Ceme- 
tery, Dublin, where there is this inscription : — "The family- 
vault of L. E. Foot, Esq r , Upper Fitzwilliam Street, [Dub- 
lin]. Edward St. John, his son, died 28th September, 1844. 
Lelias, his beloved wife, died 25th August, 1852. Lelia 
Margaret, his daughter, died 16th June, 1862. Lundy 
Edward Foot, died 18th of August, 1863, aged 72 years." 
In another part of the same cemetery there is this inscrip- 
tion : — " In memory of Arthur William, second son of 
William and Meta Foot, died Oct* 10th, 1861, aged 21 
years, removed from the family-vault at Irishtown [St. Mat- 
thew's], May, 1867. Isabella, their second daughter, died 
Feb y loth, 1867, aged 23 years." 

An addition has been made to the inscription Xo. XIII., 
p. 155 : — " Also of his father, James Clarke, of same place, 
who died 4th of March, 1823, aged 85 years. Also of John 



356 APPENDIX III. 



Clarke, of Willfield, Sandymount, by whom this stone was 
erected, eldest son of the said James Clarke, who died 11th 
Feb y , 1831, aged 65 years. Also his wife, Maria Clarke, 
who died 20th of June, 1862, aged 78 years ; and their sons, 
John Stanhope, who died in infancy, 5th March, 1819 ; and 
James Robert, who died 2nd of May, 1822, aged 12 years."] 

Note (tttj. 

The Dodder This river, which flows through the 

parish of Donnybrook, from Clonskeagh* to Ringsend (and of 
which brief mention has been made in p. 36), has its sources 
in the recesses of that chain of hills bounding on the south the 
county of Dublin, separating it from Wicklow, and known 
as the Dublin mountains. A portion of its waters, however, 
is drawn from lands lying near the summits of mountains 
within the outskirts of Wicklow. The three brooks, which 
are the sources of the Dodder, take their rise near the 
summits of Glasavullaun, Barnachiel, and Kippure moun- 
tains, and are supplied by the drainage of the wide district of 
deep bog which lies upon their flanks. At the base of Kip- 
pure, which is 2,473 feet high, and head of the valley of 
Glenismoel, these streams unite ; and here properly commences 
the river Dodder, which, passing with a rapid fall through 
the whole extent of this valley, hemmed in on either side by 
lofty and precipitous hills covered with boulders, diluvial 
gravel, and clay nearly to their summits, and whose water- 
shed is peculiarly rapid and destructive, debouches upon the 
basin of Dublin ; and, after a course of about eighteen miles, 
joined by only two principal tributaries, the Tallaght and 
Rathfarnham brooks, finally discharges its waters at the 
mouth of the river Liffey upon its right or southern bank. 
From the head of the valley of Glenismoel to the sea, its fall 
is nearly 800 feet, of which about 350 feet occur during the 
first two miles, or about one-half of its course through the 

* " Clonskeagh ; Cluain-sceach, the meadow of the white thorns." — 
Joyce's "Irish Local Names Explained," p. 30. 



NOTES. 357 



valley, where it is surrounded by mountains, which discharge 
the water falling upon them with impetuosity into its bed, 
whose banks here are formed of vast deposits of gravel and 
boulders, consisting of the detritus of granite, calcareous 
schistus, and trap-rocks, embedded in granite sand and argil- 
laceous clay. In one or two spots, these banks are cemented 
into a hard conglomerate, by the infiltration of water charged 
with carbonate of lime, which has formed arragonite in the 
interstices of the gravel ; but in general, wherever denuded 
of their vegetable surface, or exposed to the action of the 
current, they are in rapid process of erosion and degradation. 
From these causes, and from the effects of land-springs 
higher up the valley, land-slips of great magnitude have 
taken place, and every flood carries away thousands of tons 
of divided matter, of which the gravel is deposited on the bed, 
and on the strand of the river lower down ; while the finer 
material carried further down, becomes a source of constant 
annoyance, by silting up the mill-races and streams ; and the 
mud, still in suspension, is carried onwards, and deposited in 
huge banks of slob in the still water at the confluence of 
this river with the Liffey, at Ringsend. 

The foregoing particulars have been derived from Mr. 
Mallet's Report on the Dodder Reservoirs, which was made 
in pursuance of the directions of the Commissioners of Drain- 
age for Ireland (appointed under the Act 5 & 6 Vict., c. 
89) ; and which, accompanied by a large-sized map of the 
whole course of the river, will be found to contain much 
useful information. The objects of the report, it may be well 
to add, were " to investigate the feasibility and conditions of 
constructing a reservoir upon some part of the river Dodder, 
for the combined purposes of providing an unfailing and 
increased supply of water-power to the mill-owners at present 
occupying the stream ; and, contingently, of controlling the 
floods which have heretofore, at frequently-recurring inter- 
vals, proved so destructive to property situated upon its banks ; 
and, as a further consequence, giving the power of reclaiming 



358 APPENDIX III. 



those tracts of lands along the river banks, now of small or 
no value, from periodical inundations ; and, lastly, preventing 
the annihilation of land in progress by the degrading effects 
of these floods upon the clay banks of the river."* In proof 
of the high importance of the objects in view, Mr. Mallet 
has remarked, near the beginning of his report, that " a few 
years only have elapsed since one of the frequent floods of the 
river Dodder [mention of which has been made in these pages] 
occurred so suddenly, at night, of such magnitude, and 
attended with such appalling circumstances of destruction 
to property and danger to human life [in the month of 
August, 1836, see p. 95], as to have aroused the public concern 
for the damage resulting ; and which finally led to expen- 
sive litigation betwixt parties subjected thereto, and to the 
subsequent compulsory expenditure of large sums in the 
execution of works near the mouth of the river, only intended 
to ward off the destructive effects of future inundations, but not 
attempting to control them. Yet similar floods, though for- 
tunately not to such a formidable extent, occur upon this 
river many times every year." 

A " Report on the Capabilities of the river Dodder to af- 
ford a supply of water for the use of the City of Dublin and 
the Suburbs," by Parke Neville, Esq., C.E., City Engineer, 
(8vo. pp. 39, Dublin, 1854), deserves to be noticed, though 
the Vartry has for this purpose been preferred to the Dodder. 
" In compliance with your directions," as Mr. Neville has com- 
menced his privately- printed pamphlet, " that I should ex- 
amine into, and report to you on the practicability of getting 
such a supply of water from the river Dodder, for the use of 
the city of Dublin, as would render it unnecessary to take 
any from either the Grand or Royal Canals, I] have to re- 

* See a " Report on the Proposed Formation of Reservoirs [in the valley 
of Glenismoel and at Kimmage] on the river Dodder", etc., by Robert 
Mallet, Esq., Mem. Inst. C.E., M.R.I. A. (8vo. pp. 38, Dublin, 1844). 
This pamphlet has long since been out of print, and cannot easily be 
procured ; but the substance of it, with an engraved copy of the map, has 
been republished in Weale's ** Quarterly Papers on Engineering ", vol. 
VI. part 1. 



NOTES. 359 



port, that I have had surveys and levels of that river, and 
also of the city watercourse taken, and herewith submit the 
maps and sections prepared, upon which I have delineated a 
plan, which, after the fullest consideration of the matter, 

I think the best for obtaining the desired supply from this 
source. The subject being one of great magnitude, and of 
the most vital importance to the citizens, required the most 
careful examination into all its bearings before coming to a 
conclusion, and for the satisfaction of the Council I shall 
give the data and calculations on which I have based my 
opinion, and describe the works proposed to be executed in 
carrying out the plan." Before doing so, Mr. Neville has 
given a brief history of the water supply to the city, showing 
its connection with the Dodder from a very early date, hav- 
ing gleaned his information from Whitelaw and Walsh's 

II History of Dublin," and from a pamphlet published in 
1829, by Mr. A. Coffey, " an officer who was connected with 
the pipe-water works of the city for from fifty to sixty 
years." From the account of the Dublin water- works fur- 
nished by Mr. Neville, " it appears that, up to the year 
1775, the city was entirely supplied from the Dodder with 
water, but that from that period to the present, the great 
proportion of the water has been derived from the canals. 
It has now become desirable to ascertain whether the river 
Dodder, abandoned, I may say, upwards of eighty years ago, 
will not afford the best, as it unquestionably will the purest, 
supply for the use of the entire city, by adopting an efficient 
system of storage and conservation, such as has been carried 
out so successfully at New York, Philadelphia, Glasgow, 
Edinburgh, and Manchester, and various other large cities 
and towns.'' An estimate of the probable cost of carrying out 
the works described in the report, has been given by Mr. 
Neville in pp. 32, 33 ; and with reference to it, he has further 
stated : — " The total cost of proposed works [£130,254 15s. 
4d., with the sum to be paid to the millers for the loss of 
their water-power] may, at first sight, appear to the Com- 



360 APPENDIX III. 



mittee large ; but it is to be considered that if these works 
were carried out, it would render the Corporation indepen- 
dent of the canals, and that, on the termination of the leases 
[for sixty years] with their companies in 1868, they would 
be relieved from the payment of £2,300 per annum, per 
centage ; also that the Corporation would be enabled to sup- 
ply a very extended district, and consequently largely in- 
crease their rental ; that they will procure a very much su- 
perior quality of water, and have the entire control over the 
source of supply. Under these circumstances, I do not con- 
sider the sum large, in comparison with the benefits to be con- 
ferred on the citizens, who I believe would then have as pure 
and as abundant a supply of water as any city in the United 
Kingdom, and at sufficient pressure for all useful purposes. 
I have made an estimate of the probable cost of laying down 
a system of pipes for the supply of Rathmines, Baggotrath, 
Sandymount, and Irishtown districts, from the Kimmage 
works ; and I find it would amount to about £30,000 ; this 
is, however, priceing iron at £8 per ton, and fixing size of 
pipes so as to meet the probable extension of buildings over 
these rapidly improving outlets." 

Many publications have appeared from time to time, in 
which the Dodder has been made more or less the subject of 
notice. For example, in 1787 a pamphlet was published in 
Dublin, entitled " Remarks and Observations on the inten- 
tion of turning the course of the river Dodder, in order to 
show the inexpedience of that measure " (8vo. pp. 56). This 
refers to the plan of diverting the river from its natural bed 
into a new channel, which was effected in 1796 (see p. 84) ; 
and in M A Modern Plan of the City and Environs of Dub- 
lin, ,, published in 1816, the "old course of river Dodder" 
and the new one, from Haig's Distillery (as it was then) to 
Ringsend, are both described. Another pamphlet to which 
reference may be made, is " Observations on the Defects of 
the Port of Dublin," etc., by J. M. (Joseph Miller, Esq.), 
8vo. pp. 65, Dublin, 1804. In the " Historical and Muni- 



NOTES. 



361 



cipal Documents of Ireland, A.D. 1172-1320, from the 
Archives of the City of Dublin, etc.," edited by John T. 
Gilbert, Esq., F. S. A., etc., and published under the direction 
of the Master of the Rolls (London, 1870), the Dodder is 
mentioned in pp. 51, 57, 159, 340, 489, 490, and 492, as 
" Dother," " Dodor," " Doder," or " Dodir." For frequent 
mention of the river, see also " Chartse, Privilegia, et 
Immunitates," A. D. 1171-1395, an unfinished compilation 
relative to Ireland by (?) the late Mr. Erck, fol. pp. 92. 



Note (uuu). 

Shimon's- court This portion of the parish of Donny- 

brook (otherwise termed Symond's-court and Smot's-court) 
has been referred to in p. 35. The old castle, of which a 
small part remains, " is situated to the east of the river Dod- 
der, and about a quarter of a mile from Ball's Bridge. From 
the vestiges of its foundations, the building was of consider- 
able extent, and seems to have been one of those castellated 
houses so common in Ireland in turbulent ages. As 
Symond's Court is [was] the property of the Dean and 
Chapter of Christ Church, who have [had] large possessions 
about it, this castle was probably built to secure their 
granges, their cattle, and corn from the rapacity of the 
Wicklow mountaineers, who perpetually plundered the vici- 
nity of Dublin. The arch exhibited in the view and a few 
walls are all that remain of this edifice. There are wind- 
ing stairs leading to the top, from whence is a delightful 
view of the Bay, Donnybrook, the city, and much of its 
environs. This view was drawn by T. Cocking, Anno 
1790." (Grose's " Antiquities of Ireland," vol. 1. p. 21.) 
Accurate copies (by Joseph Huband Smith, Esq., M.R.I.A.) 
of four water-colour drawings of the ruin are in the writer's 
possession; viz. 1, " Simmond's Court, G. Beranger del., 
Rev. Jos. Turner pinx.", (?) circa 1760; 2, "Symond's 
Court (N. E. view), H. Hulley pinxit, circ. 1780"; 3, 



362 APPENDIX III. 



" Simmond's Court Castle (N. E. view), A. C. [Austin 
Cooper, Esq., F.S.A.] del. 5 March, 1780, pinx. 24 Mar. 
1783"; and 4, "Simmon's Court Castle," without artist's 
name or date. 

As already mentioned in p. 210, the late Lord Herbert of 
Lea purchased in the Landed Estates Court, in April, 1860, 
almost the whole of the lands of Simmon's-court, which had 
been for some years the property of George Hayward 
Lindsay, Esq., D.L. (son of the late Bishop of Kildare, and 
Dean of Christ Church, Dublin), and was held under fee- 
farm grants from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for 
Ireland, at an annual rent of £697 8s. 5d. Donnybrook 
Church is on the estate, but, of course, was "riot sold or 
conveyed to the purchaser." 

In "The Book of Obits and Martyrology of Christ 
Church, Dublin," printed for the Irish Archaeological Society 
in 1844, Thomas Smoth is more than once mentioned. 
See p. xxxvi. In p. 44 (4 Non. Oct.), " Ob. Thomas 
Smoch qui dedit fabrice capelle beate Marie x. marcas pro 
quo fiant ix. lecciones." In p. 18 (Kal. Apr. J "Ob. 
Johannes Drake qui quondam fuit maior Dublin et frater 
nostre congregacionis qui dedit nobis willam de Smothis- 
cowrte et Colcot et Lowsill anno domini M°. cccc°. xxxiij ." 
In p. 57, " In primis pro animabus Thome Smoth, Johannis 
Drake, vxorum et liberorum suorum, Johannis Gramcett, 
Johannis Morvyll, vxorum et liberorum suorum [prior et 
canonici ecclesie Cathedralis Sancte Trinitatis orare tenen- 
tur.] Die dominica que dicitur dominica in albis semper 
celebratur." See also Rot. Pat. 5 Hen. V., dorso 14, for 
mention of Smothiscourte. From one of the ancient docu- 
ments of St. John's parish, Dublin (No. 37), it appears that 
Thomas le Mareschal, son and heir of Henry le Mareschal, 
of Winetavern-street, made a lease of a tenement in Fish- 
amble-street to " Thome Smothe clerico et Alicie uxori 
ejus." 



NOTES. 363 



Note (vvvj. 

Archbishop King and Archdeacon Dougatt In 

addition to what has been given respecting this archbishop 
of Dublin, and his nephew, Archdeacon Dougatt, in pp. 12, 
41, 73, 164, and 166, some further particulars will prove 
acceptable. 

In Notes and Queries, 4th S. x. 228 (21st September, 
1872J, a correspondent has written as follows : — " No me- 
morial of Archbishop King, who was buried in 1729, has 
as yet been discovered in the old churchyard of Donny- 
brook, near Dublin ; nor is one likely, I fear, to come to 
light. A memorial window in the present parish-church of 
Donnybrook would be an appropriate tribute of respect to 
this distinguished archbishop of the diocese. The philan- 
thropic Bartholomew Mosse, M.D. [see p. 38], founder of 
the Lying-in Hospital, Rutland-square, Dublin, was buried, 
I may observe, in the same churchyard in 1759 ; and yet, 
strange to say, no memorial of him is extant to mark his 
grave. But with regard to Archbishop Magee [see p. 42] 
I have something more pleasing to tell. ' His tomb,' as I 
wrote in February, 1856, ' stands exactly in the centre of 
the ancient church [of Rathfarnham] ; but as no inscrip- 
tion has been placed on it, the spot will ere long be for- 
gotten. This treatment appears somewhat strange in 
connection with two of the ablest and greatest of the arch- 
bishops of Dublin.' So far as Archbishop Magee is con- 
cerned, this defect has been remedied ; for, when lately 
visiting the old churchyard in question, I found the follow- 
ing inscription (of which I send you a literal copy) on the 
stone over his grave : — l In memory of William Magee, 
D.D., Archbishop of Dublin, who died 18th August, 1831, 
in the 67th year of his age. And of his wife Elizabeth, 
died 27th of September, 1825, in the 54th year of her 
age. And of his second son, Thomas Perceval, Archdeacon 
of Kilmacduagh [and Rector of St. Thomas', Dublin], died 



364 APPENDIX III. 



16th of December, 1854, in the 58th year of his age.' " May 
a suitable mark of respect soon be paid to the memory of 
Archbishop King ! 

The following genealogical details of the King and 
Dougatt families (with some exceptions) have been lately 
furnished by Charles S. King, Esq., of Eythan Lodge, 
Bowes, near Southgate, London: — 

The King family is of considerable antiquity in Aber- 
deenshire; it was seated at Barra, or Barracht, in the 
parish of Bourtie, from a remote period down to the reign of 
Charles I., when it gradually became scattered, some of its 
members * moving southwards, and others crossing over to Ire- 
land. Amongst the latter were James King, father of the 
archbishop, and James King, who purchased Corrard and 
Gola, in the county of Fermanagh, and was ancestor of the 
baronets of Corrard.f Family tradition asserts that the 
surname was originally Mac Entore, and that a Robert 
Mac Entore, having saved his sovereign's life in battle, in 
commemoration of his prowess assumed the surname and 
coat-armour since borne by his descendants. Be this as it 
may, Robertus dictus King, who lived early in the thirteenth 
century, is the first of the Barra family on record. He be- 
queathed by his last will certain lands in Aberdeenshire to the 
monastery of St. Andrew's. His daughter, Goda, had a dis- 
pute about these lands with the prior and convent, which was 
terminated by a convention between the parties, a.d. 1247. 
(" Collection of Ancient Charters by our Kings, etc., 15. 
1. 18," in the Advocates' Library, Edinburgh.) The last 
proprietor of Barra of this name was Sir James King, of 
Barra, Birness, Dud wick, etc., who served with the highest 
reputation under Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden, and 



* From one of these, the present Lieut. -Colonel William Ross King, 
of Tertowie, Aberdeenshire, is descended. 

fSir Abraham Bradley King, Bart. (cr. 1821), died in 1838, and 
was buried in the family-vault at St. Michan's Church, Dublin. 



NOTES. 365 



rose to the rank of lieutenant-general. He was subsequently 
lieutenant-general to King Charles L, and second in com- 
mand of the northern army under the Marquess of New- 
castle ; and was created a peer of Scotland as Baron 
Eythin, of Aberdeenshire, by patent dated at York, 28th 
March, 1642.* After the overthrow of the royal cause at 
Blarston Moor, 2nd July, 1644, he retired to Sweden, where 
Queen Christina conferred on him the title of Baron San- 
shult, of Doderhalts, in the district of Calmar. He died at 
Stockholm, 9th June, 1652, without surviving issue, and 
was buried on the 18th in the Riddarholm Church, being 
honoured with a public funeral, which was attended by Queen 
Christina. 

The first above-mentioned James King (whose father and 
grandfather also bore the same Christian name) removed 
into Ulster, in the reign of Charles I. (to avoid the 
excommunication to which his refusal to subscribe the 
Solemn League and Covenant exposed him), and settled in 
the county of Antrim. He died near the close of the 
seventeenth century, and had issue, 

I. William (? the eldest son), b. in Antrim, 1st May, 
1650; entered Trinity College, Dublin, 1667; 
elected a Scholar, 1667; M.A., lG73f ; B.D., and 
D.D., 1688 ; successively Bishop of Derry (1690- 
1702) and Archbishop of Dublin (1702-1729); 
d. unm. 8th May, 1729, and was buried at Donny- 
brook. See p. 164. 
II. (probably James), had a son William, cap- 
tain R.N., who d. unm. 1727. 
III. Marion (a widow in 1730), m. John Dougatt, or 
Duguid, a descendant of the Duguids, lairds of 
Auchinhove, Aberdeenshire. (The first of this name 
on record is Robert Duguid, who witnessed a deed 
dated at Dundee, 16th May, 1406 ; and circa 1445, 

, * See Douglas's " Peerage of Scotland ", edited by Wood (Edinburgh. 
1813), vol. I. pp. 557, 55S. 

f The late Rev. Dr. Todd's M Catalogue of Graduates " (Dublin, 1869), 
his last publication, is most useful for reference. 



366 APPENDIX III. 



Elizabeth, heiress of Auchinhove, m. a Duguid.) 
She had issue, 

1. Robert Dougatt, b. at Castle Caulfield, in the 
county of Tyrone, 1683 ; entered Trinity Col- 
lege, Dublin, April, 1701; elected a Scholar, 
1704; B.A., 1705; M.A., 1708; in holy 
orders ; Prebendary of Swords, in St. Patrick's 
Cathedral, Dublin, 1709-1715; Archdeacon 
of Dublin, 1715-1719 ; Precentor of St. Pat- 
rick's, 1719-1730; d. unm. 11th August, 
1730, and was buried at Donnybrook, '* by 
[the side of] his uncle." See p. 166. In 
Mr. Monck Mason's " History of St. Patrick's 
Cathedral," he is stated to have made great 
improvements in the Publick Library (Arch- 
bishop Marsh's), in October, 1720. 

2. Elizabeth Dougatt, vn. John Spence (they 
were both living in 1730), and had, with 
other issue, 

Robert Spence, 6. in the county of Tyrone, 
1704; B.A., 1727; M.A., 1730; in holy 
orders ; Rector of Donaghmore, in the dio- 
cese of Deny, 1730 (in succession to the 
Rev. Peter Ward, D.D.), which benefice he 
held until 1765.* 



* He probably died in this year, as Nicholas Spence (believed to have 
been his son) was instituted 6th May, 1765, as his successor in the 
benefice, which he held until his death, 26th March, 1814. The Rev. 
William Reynell, M.A., has very kindly supplied much original infor- 
mation regarding the Spence and Bryan families s and good use 
has been made of it in this pedigree. In a letter, dated 30th Decem- 
ber, 1872, he has written as follows : — " On looking over a copy of the 
"will of Bishop Nicholas Forster (of Raphoe), dated 4th September, 
1742, I find * the Rev ud Robert Spence, Rector of the parish of Donnagh- 
more, in Dioc. Derry,' appointed to a trusteeship ; and further on, a 
bequest made to his nieces, ' Anne Berkeley [wife of Bishop Berkeley], 
Sarah Forster, Elizabeth Spence, Mary Forster, and Dorothy Forster,' 
all daughters of his brother, ' John Forster.' I conclude that Elizabeth 
Spence was wife of Robert Spence, Rector of Donaghmore, and mother 
of Nicholas (?so named after his grand-uncle, the bishop), who suc- 
ceeded his father in the rectory, and died in 1814. The words, « wife of 
Bishop Berkeley ', are not in this part of the will ; but as the fact 
appears from a previous passage, I have inserted them, by way of expla- 
nation". The Right Hon. John Forster, who died 2nd July, 1720, had 
been Speaker of the Irish House of Commons, Recorder of Dublin, and 
Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas. See Smyth's " Chronicle 
of the Law Officers of Ireland " (London, 1839), p. 121 ; and Eraser's 



NOTES. 867 



3. Jane Dougatt, m. Robert Bryan (both living 
in 1730), and had, -with other issue, 

Robert Bryan, in holy orders ; Rector of 
Desertmartin and Kilcronaghan, both in the 
diocese of Deny, 1740, in succession to the 
Rev. George Strachan. He was ancestor of 
the Butler-Bryan family. He d. 16th 
March, 1776, aged 66 years, and was 
buried in the old churchyard of Desert- 
martin,* leaving a son, 

William Bryan, B.A., 1773 ; M.A., 
1809 ; in holy orders ; Rector of Kilcro- 
naghan, 1790; d. 13th March, 1817, and 
was buried in the same grave with his 
father. 

„ 4. Martha Dougatt, m. (? the Rev. George) 
Strachan (both living in 1730). He was 
collated to Desertmartin and Kilcronaghan in 
December, 1729, by Bishop Downes, and d. 
1740. 

IV. Margaret King, m. 8th March, 1698, Lieut.- Colonel 
Charles Irvine (third son of William Irvine, Esq., 
of Ballindullagh, in the county of Fermanagh, by 
Elizabeth, daughter of Albert Gledstanes, a colonel 
in the service of Gustavus Adolphus), who d. s. p. 
in 1745. She had died the year before- 

The Rev. William Reeves, D.D., of Armagh, writes as 
follows in a letter to Mr. King ; — " I have in my charge the 
commencement of an autobiography in Latin by Abp. 
King, - and in his handwriting, entitled * Qusedam mese 

" Life and Letters of George Berkeley, D.D., formerly Bishop of Cloyne," 
etc. (Oxford, 1871), p. 150. The advowson of Donaghmore was pur- 
chased by Bishop King from James Leslie, of Ballyfatton, near Strabane, 
3rd December, 1701, having been sold to John Leslie, D.D., 20th June, 
1682. The parish-registers date only from 1824, when the late Rev. 
Edward Marks, D.D., of Dublin, held the curacy. 

* There is a tombstone with the following inscription : — " Here 
lyeth the body of the Rev ncl Robert Bryan, who died March y e 16, 1776, 
aged 66 years. He was Rector of the united parishes of Desertmartin 
and Kilcronaghan '66 years. Also Elizabeth Bryan, otherwise Jeifreys, 
his wife, who died March y e 19, 1776, aged 68 years." Their son's 
name has not been added. 



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vitse insigniora ' ; which he thus begins : i Ipse natus 
calendis Maii 1650, patre Jacobo ejusdem nominis avo et 
proavo, familia antiqua de Burras in Scotia septentrionali.' " 
The volume which contains the foregoing, is lettered on the 
back " The Kings Royal Library of Dublin, MSS. Hiber- 
nica, vol. i.," and consists of 323 pages : it is preserved in 
the Armagh Public Library, having been presented in 1776 
by the Rev. Thomas English. Besides the autobiography, 
the volume comprises an enlarged translation or paraphrase 
of it, which appears to have been written by a relative of 
the archbishop ; and copies of the archbishop's letters from 
2nd July, 1715, to October, 1716. Many valuable details 
of Archbishop King and his MSS. may likewise be found 
in the " First Report of the Royal Commission on Histo- 
rical Manuscripts" (1870), p. xiii. ; " Second Report" 
(1871), pp. xxi., 231-262; and "Third Report" (1872), 
pp. xvii., 416. 

Sneyd Family — The following particulars* are inserted 
here, being in some measure connected with the preceding 
portion of this Note. They likewise refer, and more par- 
ticularly, to the late Nathaniel Sneyd, Esq., of Dublin, whose 
country-residence was Chesterfield, Cross-avenue, and of 
whom mention has been made in these pages. 

Wettenhall Sneyd, B.A., 1699 ; M.A., 1703 ; in holy 
orders; Archdeacon of Kilmore, 1740, having been Vicar 
of Killersherdiny, and Vicar- General of the diocese from 
1710 ; second son of William Sneyd, Esq. (second son of 
William Sneyd, Esq., of Keele, Staffordshire, and thirteenth 
in descent from Henry de Sneyde, of Tunstall and Sneyde), 
by Sarah *(m. 3rd June, 1668), daughter and heiress of 
Edward Wettenhall, Esq., of the Waterhouse, Staffordshire 
(a near relative of Edward Wettenhall, D.D., successively 
Bishop of Cork and Ross, 1678-1699, and of Kilmore and 



* These have been supplied, for the most part, by Charles S. King 

Esq. 



NOTES. 369 



Ardagb, 1699-1713). He m. Barbara, daughter and co- 
heiress of Charles Francis Marsh, an officer in the Guards 
(eldest son of Francis Marsh, D.D., Archbishop of Dublin, 
1682-1693, by Mary, daughter and co-heiress of Jeremy 
Taylor, D.D., Bishop of Down and Connor, 1660-1667), and 
d. circa 1745, having had twenty-one children, of whom 

Edward Sneyd, Esq., of Dublin (believed to have been 
the eldest surviving son), was M.P. for Carrick, in 
the county of Leitrim, from 1777 until his death. 
He m. Hannah Honora, only daughter of James 
Kirjg, Esq., of Gola, in the county of Fermanagh 
(eldest son of John King, Esq., of the same place, a 
descendant of the old family of King, of Barra, Aber- 
deenshire, and ancestor of the baronets of Corrard), 
by Katherine, youngest daughter of William Gore, 
D.D., Dean of Down. He d. at Nice, loth February, 
1781, leaving issue, 

I. William Sneyd, m. Maria, second daughter of 
Sir Ralph Fetherston, Bart., of Ardagh, in the 
county of Longford (by his second wife, Sarah, 
daughter of Godfrey Wills, Esq., of Wills 
Grove, in the county of Roscommon), and had 
five children. 
II. Nathaniel Sneyd, of Dublin, and of Ballyconnell, 
in the county of Cavan, high-sheriff of that 
county, 1795 ; M.P. for Carrick, 1795-1799 ; 
and for the county of Cavan, 1800-1826; m. 

first, 5th February, 1791, , daughter of 

George Montgomery, Esq., sometime M.P. for 
Cavan; and secondly, 11th August, 1806, 
Anne, daughter of Thomas Burgh, Esq., of 
Bert House, in the county of Kildare, and sister 
of the second Lord Downes. See p. 123. He 
d. s. p. 31st July, 1833, and was buried in the 
Downes family-vault at St. Mary's Church, 
Dublin, on the 3rd of the following month. 
For mention of his melancholy death, etc., see 
pp. 202, 203.» 
* Particulars of this family are given in Burke's " Landed Gentry," 
under the head of l< Sneyd of Ashcombe ". In the latest edition of that 
valuable work, in the article referred to, " Barbara Marsham " appears 
instead of "Barbara Marsh ", as above ; and Sir Bernard Burke is cer- 
tainly in error when he states that Mr. Sneyd was assassinated in Sack- 
ville- street. 

2 B 



370 APPENDIX III. 



III. Catherine Hannah, m. 14th October, 1794, the 
Eev. John Saville Ogle, D.D., of Kirkley Hall, 
Northumberland, Canon of Durham, who d. 
1st April, 1853, leaving issue. See Burke's 
" Landed Gentry." 

Anne, wife of Nathaniel Sneyd, Esq., was granted a pen- 
sion of £400 per annum for life, 28th August, 1807. His 
sister likewise enjoyed a pension of £300 per annum. 

Note (www). 

The Archdeacons op Dublin In pp. 99, 100, mention 

has been made of the Archdeacons of Dublin (the Rectors of 
Donny brook) from the year 1580. The following particulars 
of those who held the dignity before that date, have been 
compiled chiefly from Mr. Monck Mason's " History of St. 
Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin," pp. lxxiii., lxxiv., and Arch- 
deacon Cotton's " Fasti Ecclesise Hibernicse," vol. ii. pp. 
127-129; v. pp. 113, 114:— 

Before the year 1180 Torquil was Archdeacon of Dublin, 
in the time of Archbishop Laurence O'Toole (1162-1180-1). 

1185. Macrobius. (Cod. Clarend. 46.) It is thought 
that he was the same who was Bishop of Glendaloch. — Harris' 
" Ware," vol. i. p. 375. 

1190. In the charter of St. Patrick's Cathedral given 
this year by Archbishop Comyn (1181-1212), one of the 
witnesses is " William, Archdeacon of Dublin." He appears 
again in 1200.— Cod. Clar. 46. 

1216. Geofry de Turville appears (perhaps earlier, viz. 
in 1206) ; again in 1223, 1228, 1234, and 1240. In 1232 he 
was Vice- Chancellor, and in 1237 Lord Chancellor of Ireland ; 
and in 1244 he became Bishop of Ossory. He was witness 
to a grant, by Raymond de Karrue, or Carew, of the church 
of Stacklorgan (now Stillorgan)* to Christ Church Cathe- 
dral, Dublin, about 1216. He died in London in 1250, and 
was buried in the Inner Temple Church. (Harris' " Ware,'' 

*" Stillorgan in Dublin, Tigh-Lorcain [Teelorcan], Lorcan's or 
Laurence's house or church." — Joyce's "Irish Local Names Explained," 
p. 84. 



NOTES. 371 



vol. i. p. 405.) A drawing of his archidiaconal seal is in the 
archives of Christ Church. 

1251. Hugh de Mapilton, or, as some call him, de Glen- 
daloch, Archdeacon, was in May of this year consecrated 
Bishop of Ossory, and soon after made Treasurer of Ireland. 
He died in 1256, and was buried in his own church of St. 
Canice, near St. Mary's Chapel, " where his monument may 
be seen adorned with his statue in exquisite workmanship." 
(Harris* "Ware," vol. i. p. 405.) But, as stated in Graves 
and Prim's " History of the Cathedral Church of St. Canice, 
Kilkenny" (Dublin, 1857), pp. 131, 132, a peculiarity 
u characterizing the only existing effigy of a bishop " of this 
century, proves it not to belong to Mapilton. 

1251. William de Northfield, or Northend, succeeded, 
and was Archdeacon at the time of the dispute relative to 
the parish of Rathfarnham, which was concluded by Arch- 
bishop Luke (1228-1255). See p. 227. He died in 1274, as 
appears from the instrument nominating his successor. 

1274-5. William de Salinis was presented by King 
Edward I., 6th January, the see being vacant. He died in 
1278 Prynne's " Records," vol. iii. p. 173. 

1278. Geoffry de Aspil was presented by the King, 28th 
September. — lb., vol. iii. p. 219. 

1301. Nicholas le Clerc, or Cleere, Archdeacon, had a 
contest this year relative to installing priors throughout the 
diocese. 

1303. John de Havering appears, having been witness 
to the deed which established new prebends in the time of 
Archbishop Ferings (1299-1306). He died in France about 
1310. (Cod. Clar. 46.) Probably a little later; if, at 
least, he was the nephew (or grand-nephew) of Richard de 
Havering (who had been appointed Archbishop of Dublin 
in 1307, but resigned in 1311), who is said to have related 
the dream which caused that resignation. See the Annals 
of Ireland in Camden's " Britannia." 

1313. Richard St. Leger, or " de Sto. Leodegario," 
appears; and again in 1344. In the former year he had a 
contest with the Prior and Convent of the Holy Trinity. 
He appears again as Archdeacon in 1365, and was an agent in 
the transaction relative to Coolmine, which had been granted 
by the Archbishop to the chapter of St Patrick's. He was 
the first Doctor of the Canon Law appointed by Archbishop 



372 APPENDIX III. 



Bicknor (1317-1349) in his newly-founded University of 
Dublin. Subsequently he was made Chancellor of the 
University T. Dowling's " Annals," p. 21. 

1381. William de Chambre appears ; and again in 1391. 
In 1385 he was Treasurer of Ireland. He was, for his 
various services, granted the lands of Corbally and others, 
to hold for sixty years, paying 6s. 8d. yearly. (Rot. Pat. 
9 Rich. II.) In 1388 he and Thomas Wafre, a canon, were 
appointed guardians of the spiritualities during the vacancy 
of the see. In 1392 he exchanged preferment with his 
successor. — Rot. Pat. 16 Rich. II. 

1392. Landulph, Cardinal of St. Nicholas, having been 
appointed to the deanery of St. Patrick's by the Pope, who 
was endeavouring to obtain the disposal of that dignity, 
exchanged with Chambre. He is styled " Marromaurus 
Cardinalis," in MSS., T.C.D., F. 1. 18. 

1402 to 1412. Richard Curran, or Caran. He had been 
appointed by the Pope ; and received the King's pardon for 
having accepted such appointment, 12th January. (Rot. 
Pat. 3 Hen. IV.). In 1406 he appears as witness to a deed 
among the records of Christ Church. 

1415. Nicholas Hill, LL.B., who had been Vicar of 
Balrothery in 1409, as appears from a licence of absence for 
three years (Rot. Pat. 11 Hen. IV.), was appointed by the 
Pope ; and was pardoned and confirmed by the King, 24th 
September. (Rot. Pat. 2 Hen. V.) In the year following 
he was granted leave of absence by letters patent. He 
appears as witness to a deed of pacification between the Lord 
Deputy and Dermot O'Tothil, signed at Dublin, 8th August, 
1425. (Rot. Pat.) In 1439 he was elected Dean of St. 
Patrick's ; and appears as such in 1449 — Arch. Ch. Ch. 

1431 to 1444. Robert Dyche, or Dyke, appears. He 
was an eminent lawyer, and became successively Master of 
the Rolls, Lord Treasurer, and Deputy Chancellor of Ireland. 
He was appointed Master of the Rolls for life, in consideration 
of services performed to the King, his father, and grand- 
father, both in France and Ireland, from his earliest age. 
(Rot. Claus. 9 Hen. VI.) According to Harris, he was 
Keeper of the Seals in 1436 ; and, in 1446, Deputy Chan- 
cellor to John Talbot, son of the Earl of Shrewsbury, who, by 
an act of Parliament, 25 Hen. VI., was empowered to appoint 
a deputy to do all things appertaining to that office, and to 



continue in office, notwithstanding the presence of the Chan- 
cellor, until he should be discharged by a writing under his 
hand Stat. Roll, 25 Hen. VI. 

1449 and 1457. Roger Crosse appears. (Rot. Pat. 28 
Hen. VI.) He was granted leave of absence by letters 
patent, 34 Hen. VI. ; and he is called " Croke " in a Memo- 
randa Roll of the following year. 

1479. John appears.— Rot. Pat. 19 Edw. IV. 14. 

1480 to 1486. Hugh Blackton appears. (Arch. Ch. 
Ch.) He was brother and heir of Nicholas Blackton, of 
Swords ; and at his death, in 1486, he bequeathed all his 
lands and houses in Swords, his patrimony, to the use of St. 
Mary's Chapel in that town. (Stearne's MSS., T.C.D., 
191.) It is probable that he was Prebendary of Swords. 

1488. John Waryng appears. He styles himself "late 
Rector of Malahidert."— Arch. Ch. Ch. 

1 498. Robert Sutton. He was nominated executor to the 
will of Dean Alley ne, who died in 1505. Many ecclesiastical 
persons are mentioned in the dockets of leases, and in inden- 
tures entered in " The Rental Book of Gerald Fitzgerald, 
ninth Earl of Kildare, begun in the year 1518," as given in 
the " Kilkenny Archaeological Society's Transactions,'' 2nd 
Series, vol. IV. p. 116 ; and amongst them appears " Sir 
Robert Sutton, Archdeacon of Dublin, 22nd May, 6 Hen. 
VIII." In 1527 he was elected Dean of St. Patrick's ; and 
dying on the 1st (or, according to the " Book of Obits of 
Christ Church," on the 5th) of April in the following year, 
he was buried in his o n cathedral, near to the altar on the 
north side of the choir, where a brass plate marks his grave. 
It is fixed in a frame of black marble; and represents the 
figure of an ecclesiastic in a praying posture, with a scroll 
and inscription. Mr. Monck Mason has given an engrav- 
ing and description of it in his " History of St. Patrick's 
Cathedral," p. 145. 

1509. Magister Fylbert is named as "Archdeacon" in 
the Proctor's account of this year. 

1514. Nicholas Bennett appears (Dignitas Decani.) 
[Quaere this.] 

1529. Walter Cusack, who had been Prebendary of 
Rathmichael, was present as Archdeacon at the election of 
Geoffry Fyche to the deanery of St. Patrick's, which took 



374 APPENDIX III. 



place in this year. In 1533 he was Treasurer of the Cathe- 
dral ; and he died in the early part of 1535. 

1537. William Power appears ; and on the 4th July in 
this year he was installed the Prior of Christ Church. 
(Arch. Ch. Ch.) He held the archdeaconry at the disso- 
lution of St. Patrick's in 1546; and in 1547 received a 
pension of £40 from the King as " Prebendary of Tannee 
and Rathfernane." (Rot. Pat. 1 Edw. VI.) See p. 64. 

1555. William Weslie, or Welleslie, was nominated by 
Queen Mary upon the restoration of St. Patrick's. He was in 
that year Official of the Metropolitan Court of Dublin, the 
see being vacant. The name of Robert Wellesley fre- 
quently occurs in the visitation of 1569 ; that of Robert 
Wesley upon the patent-roll, 19 Eliz., he then acting in 
the capacity of Ecclesiastical Commissioner. 

1572. Fr. Nuylys («ic).— -Arch. Ch. Ch. 

1580. Henry Ussher, D.D., a native of Dublin, father of 
Provost Ussher (subsequently Bishop of Kildare), and uncle 
of Primate James Ussher, " the glory of the Irish Church 
and University." In 1573 he became Treasurer of Christ 
Church Cathedral, Dublin, and in 1580 Archdeacon; and in 
the charter of Queen Elizabeth, in 1592, he was nominated 
the first Fellow* of Trinity College, in the foundation of 
which he had taken a most anxious and active concern. He 
is also to be gratefully remembered for having opposed with 
success the design for the suppression of St. Patrick's 
Cathedral. In 1595 he was advanced to the primacy, but 
retained the archdeaconry until his death, 2nd April, 1613. 
He was buried at St. Peter's, Drogheda. 

[A list of the Archdeacons of Dublin (commencing with 
Henry Ussher, D.D., 1580, and ending with John West, 
D.D., 1851), with a few particulars, has been given in pp. 
99, 100 ; and to it the reader is referred. Further particu- 
lars of these dignitaries may be ascertained by consulting 
Mr. Monck Mason's " History of St. Patrick's," pp. lxxiv., 
lxxv. ; Archdeacon Cotton's " Fasti," vol. ii. pp. 129-132 ; 
v. 114, 115 ; and other works.] 

1864. William Lee, D.D., ex-Fellow of Trinity College, 

* Seven archbishops and forty-two bishops of the Church of Ireland 
have been chosen from amongst the Fellows of Trinity College, Dublin. 
Eight Fellows have become members of Parliament, and six have been 
raised to the Judicial Bench. — " Dublin University Calendar," 1873, p. 
378. 



NOTES. OYO 



Dublin, Archbishop King's Lecturer in Divinity, and Rector 
of Ardboe, in the diocese of Armagh. Archdeacon West 
having been unanimously elected to the deanery of St. 
Patrick's and Christ Church, 5th February, in the room of 
the Hon. and Very Rev. Henry Pakenham, D.D., deceased, 
and having been installed on the 17th of March (St. Patrick's 
Day), Dr. Lee was installed Archdeacon of Dublin, in St. 
Patrick's Cathedral, 24th May. (Saunders's News- Letter, 
6th, 8th, and 18th March, and 25th May.) Dean West is 
the author of " Reserve in the Teaching of Religion," an 
Ordination Sermon, with an Appendix (Dublin, 1843), and 
" Membership in Christ and its Social Obligations," a Sermon 
for the Additional Curates' Fund Society (Dublin, 1854) ; 
and has edited the " Remains of Charles Dickinson, D.D., 
Lord Bishop of Meath, with a Biographical Sketch" (8vo. 
London, 1845). Archdeacon Lee is the author of a profound 
volume, entitled " The Inspiration of Holy Scripture; its 
Nature and Proof " (of which four editions have appeared), 
and of several other very able publications. 

In 1864, during the vacancy consequent on Dean West's 
resignation, the rectory of Donnybrook was separated from 
the archdeaconry, with which for so long a period it had been 
connected. 



Note (xxx). 

Donnybrook Fair. — Mention of this far-famed fair has 
been made in pp. 44-48, 139-146 ; and yet it may be well 
to supply some further details, taken chiefly from " Historic 
and Municipal Documents of Ireland, A.D. 1172-1320," 
etc., edited by J. T. Gilbert, F.S.A., London, 1870. 

King John's letter (Close Roil of England, 6 John, memb. 
18), for the erection of a castle and fortifications at Dublin, 
and the establishment of fairs at Donnybrook, Waterford, 
and Limerick, A.D. 1204 (which appeared in another shape 
in these pages, with an English version), has been given as 
follows by Mr. Gilbert, pp. 61, 62 : — 

" Rex, etc., dilecto et fideli suo Meillerio, filio Henrici, 
justiciario Hibernie, salutem. 

" Mandastis nobis quod non habuistis locum ubi thesaurus 



376 APPENDIX III. 



noster reponi possit apud vos. Et quia tarn ad hoc, quam 
ad alia multa, necessaria essent nobis fortilecia apud Dublin, 
vobis mandamus, quod ibidem castellum fieri faciatis in loco 
competenti, ubi melius esse videritis ad urbem justiciandam 
et, si opus fuerit, defendendam, quam fortissimum poteritis, 
cum bonis fossatis et fortibus muris ; turrim autem primum 
faciatis ubi postea competencius castellum et baluum et alia 
percunctoria fieri possint ; et vobis hoc mandavimus ; ad hoc 
autem capiatis pacacia nostra, sic nobis mandastis, et ad 
presens ad hoc capiatis ccc. marcas de Galfrido filio Roberti, 
quas nobis debet. 

" Mandavimus et civibus nostris Dubline, per literas pa- 
tentes, quod civitatem suam firment, et vos illos, siqui 
noluerint, ad hoc compellatis.* 

" Volumus etiam quod una feria sit apud Donibrun, 
singulis annis, per octo dies duratura, in invencione Sancte 
Crucis ; alia apud Pontem Beati Johannis Baptiste, similiter 
per octo dies, talia eis stallagia et thelonea statuentes, quam 
alia apud Waterford ad vincula Sancti Petri, per octo dies ; 
alia apud Limeric in festo Sancti Martini, per octo dies. Et 
vobis mandamus quod ita fieri et denunciari faciatis merca- 
tores illuc venire debeant libenter. Teste, etc." 

King John's letter of 1214 (Close Roll of England, 16 
John), regarding a fair at Dublin (of which an English 
version has appeared in these pages), is to the following 
effect (Gilbert, p. 62) :— 

" Rex Domino Henrico [de Loundres], Dubline archie- 
piscopo, etc. 

" Sciatis quod concessimus civibus nostris Dublin quod 
habeant infra metas libertatis sue, ubi pocius viderint expe- 
dire, unam feriam, singulis annis, per octo dies duraturam, 
incipientem die invencionis Sancte Crucis. Et ideo vobis 
mandamus quod feriam illam, cum omnibus libertatibus et 
liberis consuetudinibus ad hujusmodi feriam pertinentibus, eos 
habere permittatis. 

" Teste me ipso, apud Sanctum Maxentium, xxiii. die 
Augusti [anno regni xvi."] 

*"Alie littere patentes dirriguntur civibus Dublin, per quas [rex] eis 
gratias refert de bono servicio suo, et eis mandat quod intendant ad 
civitatem suam firmandam, unusquisque ex parte sua, et quod nisi 
fecerint mandavit justiciario ut ipse ad hoc faciendum compellat." 
Rotuli Litterarum patentium in Turri Londinensi asservati, accurante 
T. D. Hardy, 1835, 45. 



NOTES. 377 

Another letter from the same king (Charter Roll of Eng- 
land, 17 John, memb. 9), in which he grants to his citizens 
of Dublin his city of Dublin, etc., and authorizes them to 
hold a fair for fifteen days yearly, etc., is given by Mr. Gil- 
bert, pp. 63, 64. Notwithstanding what has appeared in 
p. 141, the following extracts are appended : — 

"Johannes, Dei gratia, rex, etc. Sciatis nos concessisse 
et hac carta nostra confirmasse civibus nostris Dublin, quod 
ipsi et heredes eorum habeant et teneant de nobis et heredibus 
nostris inperpetuum civitatem nostram Dublin, cum preposi- 
tura et omnibus aliis pertinentiis suis, ad feodifirmam, cum 
parte ilia aque de Avenlith que eis contingit, simul cum parte 
nostra ejusdem aque que nos contingit, exceptis piscacionibus 
batellorum, quas prius dedimus in liberam elemosinam, et 
aliis piscacionibus batellorum quas alii habent ex antiqua 
tenura, et salvis nobis sedibus molendinorum in eadem aqua 

quas ad opus nostrum retinuimus Preterea 

concessimus eis et confirmavimus quod habeant unam feriam 
singulis annis apud Dublin infra metas suas, incipientem in 
vigilia Invencionis Sancte Crucis, et duraturam per quindecim 
dies. Salvo domino archiepiscopo predicta feria per duos 
dies, videlicet in vigilia Invencionis predicte, et ipsa die In- 
vencionis. Quare volumus et firmiter precipimus quod pre- 
dicti cives Dublin et eorum heredes inperpetuum habeant et 
teneant de nobis et heredibus nostris bene et in pace, libere 
et quiete, integre et honorifice, civitatem nostram Dublin, cum 
prepositura, et aliis pertinentiis suis, ad feodifirmam ducen- 
tarum marcarum, tarn cum parte nostra quam cum parte sua 
aque de Avenlith ; et quod faciant unum pontem ultra aquam 
illam, et quod habeant omnes libertates et liberas consuetu- 
dines prius eis per cartam Henrici, regis, patris nostri, et per' 
cartam nostram, concessas. Et quod habeant omnes terras 
pertinentes ad civitatem Dublin infra metas suas contentas in 
carta nostra quam de nobis habent. Salva convencione 
facta inter ipsos et monachos Sancte Marie extra Dublin. 
Et quod habeant unam feriam singulis annis infra metas suas 
per quindecim dies duraturam, cum omnibus libertatibus et 
liberis consuetudinibus ad hujusmodi feriam pertinentibus, 
sicut predictum est. 

41 Testibus : Domino Henrico, Dublinensi archiepiscopo ; 
H[enrico] Imelacensi episcopo ; Wpllielmo] Marescallo, 
comite Penbrocie ; W[illielmo] comite Sarresburie; Huberto 



378 APPENDIX III. 



de Burgo, justiciario nostro Anglie ; Willielmo Briwerr ; Gal- 
frido de Marisco ; Philippo de Wygornia ; Rogero Pipard ; 
Radulfo Parvo ; Waltero de Ridele[s]ford. 

" Data per raanura magistri Ricardi de Mariscis, cancel- 
larii nostri, apud Merleberge, tercia die Julii, anno regni 
nostri decimo septirno." 

The charter of King Henry III., A.D. 1252 (Charter Roll 
of England, 36 Hen. III., memb. 2), in which he grants 
to the citizens of Dublin permission to hold a fair, within 
their limits, annually, at Dublin, for fifteen days, with 
all liberties thereto pertaining as granted by King John, and 
saving the right of the archbishop of Dublin to the fair 
during two days, has likewise been printed by Mr. Gilbert, 
pp. 126, 127. One extract will suffice : — 

" Quare volumus et firmiter precipimus pro nobis et heredi- 
bus nostris quod predicti cives Dubline et heredes eorum in 
perpetuum habeant unam feriam apud Dublinam infra metas 
suas singulis annis, duraturam per quindecim dies, videlicet 
in vigilia et in die et in crastino Translationis Sancti Thome, 
martyris, et per duodecim dies sequentes, cum omnibus liber- 
tatibus et liberis consuetudinibus ad hujusmodi feriam perti- 
nentibus quam prius habuerunt ibidem ex concessione domini 
Johannis, regis, patris nostri, incipientem in vigilia Inven- 
cionis Sancte Crucis, et duraturam per quindecim dies ; salva 
venerabili patri, Luce, Dublinensi archiepiscopo, et successo- 
ribus suis, predicta feria per duos dies, videlicit in vigilia 
Translationis predicte et ipsa die Translationis, sicut predic- 
tum est." 

King Edward I. (Charter Roll of England, 8 Edw. I., 
memb. 7 — " Hibernia : Pro civibus Dubline ") confirmed his 
father's grant of an annual fair, as mentioned in p. 141, in 
these terms (Gilbert, p. 188) : — 

" Rex archiepiscopis, etc., salutem. 

" Sciatis quod cum Celebris memorie dominus Henricus, 
rex, pater noster, per cartam suam concessisset civibus suis 
Dubline quod ipsi et eorum successores, cives Dubline, in per- 
petuum haberent unam feriam singulis annis infra metas 



NOTES. 379 



suas Dubline, incipientem in vigilia Invencionis Sancte Cruris, 
et duraturam per quindecini dies. 

" Nos ad instanciam ipsorum civium, et ad majus eorum 
commodum, sicut asserunt, concedimus eis quod ipsi et eorum 
successores, cives Dubline, imperpetuum habeant feriam 
illam infra predictas metas Dubline, singulis annis per quin- 
decini dies duraturam : videlicet in vigilia et in die et in 
crastino Translacionis Sancti Benedicti, abbatis, in Julio, et 
per duodecim dies sequentes ; nisi feria ilia sit ad nocumentum 
vicinarum feriarum. 

" Quare volumus et firmiter precipimus, pro nobis et 
heredibus nostris, quod predicti cives et eorum successores, 
cives Dubline, imperpetuum habeant feriam illam infra pre- 
dictas metas Dubline, singulis annis per quindecim dies 
duraturam, videlicet in vigilia et in die et in crastino Trans- 
lationis Sancti Benedicti, abbatis, in Julio, et per duodecim 
dies sequentes, cum omnibus libertatibus et liberis consuetu- 
dinibus ad hujusmodi feriam pertinentibus ; nisi feria ilia sit 
ad nocumentum vicinarum feriarum, sicut predictum est.'' 



As already mentioned in p. 46, " by a subsequent charter 
the time of holding the fair was changed to a still later 
period ; and from time immemorial the same has been held 
[until its happy abolition in 1855] in the Green of Donny- 
brook, on the 26th of August, continuing during periods 
varying from a week to fifteen days." 

In Cantwell's " Treatise on Tolls and Customs," edited 
by W. C. M'Dermott, Esq., Barrister-at-law (Dublin, 1829), 
there are several particulars of the tolls charged on goods, 
tents, etc., going out to, and returning from Donnybrook 
Fair. 

The following Greek lines, headed "Nundinis Donny- 
brycseis nomen vernaculum ' Erin ' luculenter Exponitur," 
have been published in " Postulates and Data," vol. i., p. 
347 (London, 1852), and are worthy of being transferred to 
these pages : — 



380 APPENDIX III. 



Ad VENA. 
to ttottol, rj Oelov robe, teal kolWmttov iSecrflai, 

cine, <j!>iA\ dire, tottos tis, noOev o^Aos 68e; 

HlBERNICUS. 
aol §e tv\7] fieydXr], £eVe (fxiprare, vvv yap eiravka 

yrjs to. KpaTLaQ' Ikov, A(xivv[3p6xov re KAeog. 
€cttl Se cru/ATToa-aj OaXepri, Kal (AvcrTuca </>vAAa, 

crKYjiTTpcxfiopei 5' 6 veos, crKrjTrTpotyopel t' 6 yepew. 
fj.y]rpoiv 5' aaTraa-fxol, OvyaTpoiv 5' a<£ap eicnv epcores, 

navToOiv elcr i/p-vot, navroOdv ecrrt x°PO s# 

Advena. 
eis Se fxecrov 0pco<r/cei rts '' Kpy)$, erapoi S' aft' knovrai, 

crvv 6' a>pT ai/Ti7raAo?, 7ru£ ayaQ-q re <£aAay£. 
Kpavia 5' dfx<jiOTepoLcn Karayvvp-eva ereva^ec, 

cine, Tts 17 p-^i/is ; Oavfxa tl tovto 64\gl ; 

HlBERNICUS. 
ov OavpJ*, ov fx^vt? — 

ADVENA. 

[xrj Kal roSe repots ; 

HlBERNICUS. 

e'xet?— 
ADVENA. 

Zeu, 
vvv ye KaAws epi'6W yrjj/ Kakeovcnv ""Epiv." 

The Hospital for Incurables, Donnybrook. — In pp. 

43, 44, this invaluable institution has been briefly noticed. 
Its claims on the sympathy of the public are unquestionable ; 
and being situated within the parish, it deserves a good space 
in any book descriptive of Donnybrook. A more detailed 
account is therefore presented to the reader.* 

In the beginning of the eighteenth century there was 
scarcely any provision for the medical wants of the poor of 

* The writer acknowledges his obligations to "The History of the 
Hospital for Incurables," by Cheyne Brady, Esq., M.R.I.A. (pp. 36, 
Dublin, 1865). This Note is, in fact, an abridgement of Mr. Brady's 
pamphlet, with some trustworthy additions from other sources. 



NOTES. 381 



Dublin ; and the condition of the sick amongst them must 
have been wretched in the extreme. But their cry at length 
reached the hearts of the benevolent, and led to several 
projects for alleviating the two most afflicting incidents of 
human life—the associated evils of poverty and disease. The 
first result of this charitable movement was the foundation 
of Dr. Steevens* Hospital in 1710, followed by the Charitable 
Infirmary, now Jervis-street Hospital, in 1728, and by Mer- 
cer's Hospital in 1734. These institutions received every 
variety of disease. Some patients were discharged cured ; 
others, partially cured, returned to their homes ; while from 
time to time some diseases, such as cancer, consumption, and 
paralysis, baffled the skill of the physicians, and were pro- 
nounced incurable. General hospitals could not have their 
beds occupied with irrecoverable cases, since their wards 
would thereby be diverted from the purpose for which they 
were specially designed ; and therefore as soon as unhappy 
victims were found to be afflicted with maladies which me- 
dical aid could not remove, they were necessarily discharged. 
We may easily imagine that in consequence of the want of 
a suitable asylum, the streets of our city were infested with 
many a loathsome object, and that while crowds "passed 
by on the other side," not a few felt deeply for the misery 
thus obtruded on their notice, and endeavoured to devise a 
remedy. 

About this time there was a society of male and female 
amateurs of rank, called " The Charitable Musical Society," 
which had been instituted for the relief of poor debtors. 
The members, as we are informed in Gilbert's " History of 
Dublin," vol. i., p. 77, " met once in each week for private 
practice ; once in each month they held a more public meet- 
ing, to which a select number of auditors were admitted by 
tickets ; and once in each year they made a public display of 
their talents for the benefit of some charity, to which all 
persons who paid 'were admitted. On these occasions crowds 
were naturally attracted, as well by the talents as by the 



382 APPENDIX III. 



consequence of the performers. They saw on the stage all 
rank obliterated, profession disregarded, and female timidity 
overcome in the cause of charity ; while noblemen, states- 
men, lawyers, divines, and ladies, exerted their best abilities, 
like mercenary performers, to amuse the public." These 
concerts were held at the music-halls in Crow-street and 
Fishamble-street. 

The principal members of this Charitable Musical Society 
were : — President, Earl of Mornington ; Vice-President, 
Kane O'Hara. Leader of Band, Earl of Mornington. Violin- 
players, John Neal, Ed. B. Swan, Right Hon. Sackville 
Hamilton, Count M'Carthy, Rev. Dean Bay ley, — Con- 
nor, Dr. Hutchinson. Tenors, — Candler, etc. Bassoons, 
W. Deane 2 Colonel Lee Carey, etc. Violincellos, Earl of Bel- 
lamont, Hon. and Rev. Arch. Hamilton, Hon. and Rev. 
Deane Bourke (afterwards Archbishop of Tuam), Sir John 
Dillon. Flutes, Lord Lucan, Captain Reid, — Watson, 
Rev. Jos. Johnson. Harpsichords, Right Hon. Wm. Brown- 
low, Dr. Quin, Lady Freke, Miss Cavendish, Miss Nichols. 
Lady Patronesses, Countess of Tyrone, Countess of Charle- 
ville, Countess of Mornington, Lady Freke. Lady vocal- 
performers, Right Hon. Lady Caroline Russell, Mrs. Monck, 
Miss Stewart, Miss O'Hara, Miss Plunket. Gentlemen vocal- 
performers, Hugh Lyons Montgomery, Thomas Cobbe. 

In passing to and from their place of meeting, the members 
of the Society pitied the wretched incurables who happened 
to arrest their attention ; and God disposed their hearts to 
provide a refuge. They rented a small house in Fleet-street, 
furnished a few rooms, engaged a nurse, and received a 
limited number of patients, devoting the surplus funds of the 
Society to their support. Such was the origin of the Hos- 
pital for Incurables, which from a small beginning was des- 
tined to grow to its present goodly proportions. Until 
lately there was not another of the kind in the world. 
Behind our neighbours we admittedly are in many respects ; 
but in this we have been in advance, as our Hospital for 



NOTES. 38c 



Incurables was founded more than a century before the 
Hospital for Cancer and Consumption at Brompton, or the 
Royal Hospital for Incurables at Putney. 

In 17-14 this humble commencement was made in Fleet- 
street, and ten years after, its affairs having steadily pro- 
gressed, the hospital was removed to a more convenient 
house in Townsend- street, then called Lazar's-hill. Its utility 
was soon recognized by the Parliament. And accordingly 
we find mention of it in " An Act for establishing Public 
Infirmaries in Ireland,' 1 5 Geo. III. c. 20 ; £50 per annum 
being granted out of the public money to the Treasurer of 
the Hospital for Incurables on Lazar's-hill, to be applied by 
the Governors and Governesses in the payment of physicians 
and surgeons, and the Grand Jury of the city being authorized 
to present annually £50 more for providing food, medicine, 
and other necessaries, repairing the building and furniture, 
and paying the rent. 

The records of the hospital for the first twenty-eight years 
having been lost, we are unable to trace its early history. 
The oldest minute-book commences in 1771, at which date 
the number of inmates was about forty. The hospital had 
recently been removed from a house held from Mr. Henry 
Thwaites at £16 per annum, to a more commodious one 
taken from Mrs. Alice Jervis at £20. The meetings of the 
Governors were not held regularly once a month as at present, 
and seldom oftener than quarterly. Five or six members 
usually attended, the most pressing cases were admitted, 
accounts were passed, complaints heard, disputes adjusted, 
and the general business of the house arranged. The entries 
show rather a prosperous state of the finances, there being a 
balance in hand of £4,682 13s. Id. The quarter's expenses 
were as follows : — 

Baker (quarter ended 1st April, 177 

Butcher .. 

Housekeeper, for use of the hospital 

Do. for officers' and servants' wages 

Half-year's rent of the old hospital 

£83 18 





£ a. d. 


1) 


.. 15 13 6 




.. 19 14 6 




.. 22 15 


ts' wages 


.. 17 15 




.. 8 



384 APPENDIX III. 



The clothing provided for the patients this year consisted of 
317 yards of blue frieze, at Is. 8d. per yard ; 70 yards of 
blue serge, at Is. ; 8 dozen of yarn stockings, at 20s. per 
dozen; 3 dozen of men's caps, at lis. per dozen; 29 pairs 
of men's shoes, at 4s. per pair, and 14 pairs of women's 
shoes, at 3s. per pair ; also 230 yards of " dowlas," a kind 
of coarse linen cloth, at Is. Id. per yard, and 108 yards of 
market cloth, at 9d. ; and 12 J dozen of handkerchiefs, at 
10^d. a piece, with 8 yards of linen for women's caps, at 
Is. 6d. per yard. 

It has always been the lot of charities depending on 
casual subscriptions to fluctuate more or less in their re- 
sources. In 1780, accordingly, the funds of this hospital 
had fallen off, and the Governors were constrained to resolve, 
" that when the number of patients is reduced either by 
death or dismission to thirty, that number be not increased 
until the funds of the hospital will admit it." 

The institution had at one time a narrow escape of being 
" annexed" by the House of Industry. It appears that in 
1782 a request was laid before the Board from the Gover- 
nors of the House of Industry to accommodate such of their 
patients as were deemed incurable. The Board acceded, as 
they were unable to occupy all the wards of their building, 
and were unwilling that four spacious ones should remain dis- 
engaged. But when it was further proposed that the house 
and funds of this charity should be transferred to the House 
of Industry great opposition was aroused, and the motion 
was defeated, but by a very small majority. On the question 
being put, " that the lease of this house and property thereto 
belonging be transferred to the Governors of the House of 
Industry," there appeared for the motion six votes, and six 
against it ; whereupon the chairman gave his casting-vote 
in favour of the motion. An objection, however, was made 
to the vote of one of the Governors as not having been duly 
elected, which step saved the institution. Not long after it 
was resolved unanimously, " that the proceedings relative to 



NOTES. 385 



the transferring the lease and property to the House of 
Industry be annulled, and expunged from the minutes." 

In 1785, Mr. Arthur "Wolfe, afterwards Viscount Kilwar- 
den,* notified to the Board an anonymous donation of £1,000, 
in eleven debentures, to be held on these terms — " that the 
said debentures be inalienable, and that the interest thereof 
be applied in and towards the support of the Incurable Hos- 
pital in such manner as the Governors shall direct." The 
same benefactor, in 1786, presented £2,000, and a further 
sum of £1,000 in the following year, to be applied, upon the 
like trusts, for the benefit of the charity. The name of this 
munificent friend did not transpire until after his death in 
1798, when Lord Kilwarden informed the Board that the 
sums in question were the gifts of Thomas Charlton, Esq., 
of Curraghtown, in the county of Meath. 

In 1787, one of the Governors, Mr. John Cumming, pre- 
sented <£600, the same being in satisfaction of a legacy 
intended by him, in trus; to apply the interest thereof in 
support of the patients who shall be from time to time 
received into the institution, and to preserve the principal 
as a permanent fund. And the good example set by Mr. 
Charlton was followed up in 1791 by a donation of £1,000 
from a gentleman who, in like manner, desired to be unknown. 
With these large donations the Governors completed a com- 

* The codicil to Lord Kilwarden's will, dated 25th December, 1 800, 
is an interesting document, and does him no little honour. The follow- 
ing is a portion of it: — "Whereas my beloved daughter Elizabeth 
"Wolfe hath long been afflicted by a cruel disease, from which there is no 
reasonable ground to hope she will recover, and it therefore becomes 
necessary, upon a due consideration of my affair?, to make a different 
provision for my said daughter Elizabeth from that which I make for 
her sister [Marianne], I therefore, with grief of heart (for never did 
father love a daughter more dearly, nor ever did or can a daughter 
better merit a father's love), revoke the legacy of six thousand pounds 
by my said will given to my said daughter Elizabeth: and I give the 
eum of six thousand pounds to the said William [afterwards Lord] 
Downes and Robert French, their executors, administrators, and assign^, 
upon trust," etc. For some particulars of " the great and good " Lord 
Kilwarden, who was brutally murdered 23rd July, 1803, see Notes and 
Queries, 3rd S. xii. 86, 87. An illustration, by George Cruik6hank, of 
"The Murder of Lord Kilwarden," is given in Maxwell's " Histcry of 
the Irish Rebellion," etc., p. 409. 

2c 



386 APPENDIX III. 



modious hospital on their premises in Townsend-street. 
The building was spacious, consisting of six wards, and was 
capable of accommodating more than a hundred patients ; 
and in it the charity continued until 1792, when the Lord 
Lieutenant (John, tenth Earl of Westmorland), being 
desirous of establishing a Lock* hospital on a large scale in 
the city, proposed to exchange the house and grounds on the 
Donnyb rook-road, known as the Buckingham Hospital, and 
originally intended for small-pox cases, but then used as a 
Lock hospital, for the house and premises in Townsend- 
street. Buckingham Hospital was not by any means as 
large as the other building, but it was advantageously si- 
tuated in the centre of nine and a half acres of good land, 
and was in all respects more suited for incurables. The 
land was held for lives renewable for ever at a rent of £73, 
while the rent of the Townsend-street premises was only 
£18 9s. 2d. But the exchange, being deemed on the whole 
highly advantageous, was carried into effect, and the 
patients were respectively transferred. 

In 1794, the number of patients in the house was thirty- 
two, at an expense of £280 9s. 2d., which gives £8 12s. 
annually as the cost of maintaining each inmate. The gross 
annual income at that time was £453, and the expenditure 
£392. 

The early Governors do not appear to have been very strin- 
gent in their rules for the admission of patients, inasmuch as 
we find, in 1795, that several who did not come within the 
description of proper objects, had gained an entrance. To 
remedy this abuse, the Board resolved that four of the female 

* " The term Lock is supposed to be derived from the old Norman- 
French locques, rags, or fragments, from the application of such rags to 
wounds and sores ; but more probably from the Saxon loc or loke % to 
shut close or confine. The Lock Hospital, which formerly stood at the 
south-east corner of Kent-street (and from which the present Hospital 
probably takes its name), was anciently a house for the reception and 
cure of lepers: it afterwards became attached to St. Bartholomew's 
Hospital, and, with the Lock at Kingsland, afterwards called the 
1 Kingsland Spittle,' was appropriated to the cure of one special class 
of patients." — Notes and Queries, 2nd S. XII. 48. 



NOTES. 



387 



patients, being able to work, should be employed at the dis- 
cretion of the Board, and on their refusal be dismissed, and 
that two idiots be dismissed as soon as any competent pro- 
vision for their maintenance elsewhere be found. This state 
of things led to the following more particular resolution : — 
" That no person be admitted in future without previous in- 
spection by the Board at large, and a certificate from two at 
least of the medical gentlemen who attend the house ; and 
that in deciding on the pretensions of candidates for admis- 
sion, respect be had — first, to their deformity, or to the 
misery of their complaint ; secondly, to their age, giving 
preference to the older; and thirdly, to good character, 
attested by respectable persons." 

In 1800, as already mentioned in p. 44, the Governors 
were incorporated by charter, and the house and lands " lying 
on Donnybrook-road, near the city of Dublin," and the 
various securities belonging to the institution, were conveyed 
to the corporate body. The following is an extract from 
" The Charter for the Incorporation of the Governors of the 
Hospital for Incurables, Donnybrook-road " (pp. 13, Dublin, 
1809):— 

" Know ye therefore, that we, of our special grace, certain 
knowledge, and mere motion, by and with the advice and 
consent of our right trusty, and right well-beloved cousin 
and counsellor, Charles, Marquis Cornwallis, Lord Lieute- 
nant General and General Governor of our said kingdom of 
Ireland, and according to the tenor and effect of our letters 
under our privy signet, or Royal sign manual, bearing date 
at our Court at St. James's the 7th day of December, 1799, 
in the fortieth year of our reign, and now enrolled in the rolls 
of our High Court of Chancery, in our said kingdom of Ireland, 
have granted, declared, ordained, constituted, and appointed, 
and by these presents, for us, our heirs and successors, we 
do grant, declare, ordain, constitute, and appoint our right 
trusty and well-beloved counsellor, Arthur, Lord Baron Kil- 
warden, Chief Justice of our Court of King's Bench, in our 
said kingdom of Ireland, our right trusty and well-beloved 
counsellor, Theophilus Jones, Sir Francis Hutchinson, Bart, 
the Rev. Doctor William Ould, the Rev. Doctor Henry 



388 APPENDIX III. 



Lomax Walsh, Edward Hill, Esq., Doctor of Physic, Robert 
Perceval, Esq., Doctor of Physic, the Rev. Arthur M'Gwire, 
Clerk, John Wallis, Esq., Robert French, Esq., George 
Stewart, Esq., Surgeon-General to our Army in our said 
kingdom of Ireland, Thomas Smith, Esq., Surgeon, 
and Solomon Richards, Esq., Surgeon, and such others 
as shall from time to time become benefactors or 
annual subscribers to the support of the said Hospital, 
or be elected Governors thereof in the manner herein- 
after directed, to be a body politic, and corporate in 
deed, fact, and name, which shall have perpetual succession, 
and be called 4 The Governors and Guardians of the Hos- 
pital for Incurables near the City of Dublin'; and that by 
the aforesaid name they and their successors for ever shall 
plead and be impleaded, sue and be sued, before all manner 
of justices, in all the courts of us, our heirs and successors, 
and shall and may have and use a common seal, which they 
may alter and make new from time to time. And also, that 
they and their successors for, ever (by the name aforesaid) 
shall be able and capable in law to purchase, have, hold, 
take, receive, and enjoy to them and their successors, in fee 
and in perpetuity, descendable freeholds, or any term or terms 
for years, any manors, lands, tenements, rents, annuities, 
pensions, titles, or other hereditaments whatsoever, not ex- 
ceeding in the whole the clear yearly value of £2,000 ster- 
ling. And further, that they and their successors for ever 
(by the name aforesaid), may take and receive any sum or 
sums of money, or any manner or portion of goods or chattels, 
that shall be to them given, granted, devised, or bequeathed, 
to any amount, in personal property, by any person or per- 
sons, bodies politic and corporate, capable to make a gift, 
grant, devise, or bequest thereof, for the sole use and benefit 
of the said Hospital ; and that all properties and funds now 
belonging to the said Hospital, shall from henceforth be 
vested in the said Governors and Guardians of the said 
Hospital, and their successors, for the use and benefit of the 
said Hospital. And we do hereby, for us, our heirs and 
successors, further grant, order, and ordain, that every person 
who shall subscribe and pay at one entire payment any sum 
not less than Twenty Guineas, to the use of said Hospital, 
shall, from the time of such payment and donation, be a 
member of the said corporation for life ; and that every 
person who shall subscribe and pay any sum not less than 
Five Guineas, to the use of the said Hospital, shall for one 



NOTES. 



389 



year from the 1st day of January next ensuing such payment 
made, be a member of the said corporation ; and that it shall 
and may be lawful for the said corporation, or any seven or 
more of them, duly convened by summons to be previously 
served six days, to elect by ballot such other discreet persons 
to be members of the said corporation, as to them may seem 
proper and useful to the said charity." 

The " Bye- Laws and Regulations of the Governors and 
Guardians of the Hospital for Incurables" have likewise 
appeared in print (pp. 20, Dublin, 1810), having been ap- 
proved of by Chief Justice Downes, and enacted at a meeting 
of Governors duly convened according to charter, 7th March, 
1810. The Governors then present were: — David Courtney, 
Esq., in the chair, Counsellor French, Peter La Touche, jun., 
Esq., John David La Touche, Esq., Robert Perceval, M.D., 
Rev. John Letablere, Samuel Rosborough, Esq., and Thomas 
Herbert Or pen, M.D. 

In 1806 the sum of £1,000 was bequeathed by General 
James Lyons, of Lincoln, for the express purpose of building 
an additional ward for consumptive patients. A plan sub- 
mitted by Mr. Chapman was approved of, at an estimated 
cost of £939 ; and the north ward, containing fourteen beds, 
was erected. 

The patients are admitted without any distinction of 
religion, and receive instruction from their respective 
ministers ; but the office of chaplain appears to have been 
a recognized one in past days from the following entry in 
1809:— 



" The Rev. John Letablere was ballotted for, and duly 
elected a Governor, he having acted as Chaplain to the Hos- 
pital for four years." 

In consequence of the reduced state of the funds in 1809, 
the admission-money for pay-patients, which had been 
twenty guineas, was found inadequate ; and it was resolved, 
with reference to such cases, that beds, as they became 



390 APPENDIX III. 



vacant, should be filled up either by a subscriber depositing 
a donation of <£75 with the Treasurer,* or by his entering 
into an engagement to pay £15 annually during the life or 
residence in the hospital of the person recommended ; but 
this resolution was arrived at with the understanding that 
the patient should prove a proper object on appearing before 
the Governors, and also be dismissible for misconduct, and be 
subject to all other regulations. 

From time to time the ranks of the Governors were re- 
cruited by the accession of many influential persons ; of whom 
may be specified the Bishop of Cloyne (Richard Woodward, 
D.C.L.), the Hon. and Yery Rev. Dean Hewitt, Sir Francis 
Hutchinson, Bart., and Colonel (afterwards General) Charles 
Vallancey, in 1784 ; the Right Hon. Theophilus Jones, Sir 
Fielding Ould, M.D., and the Right Hon. Edward Cary, in 
1786; Mr. Solicitor- General Wolfe (afterwards Viscount 
Kilwarden), in 1788 ; the Archbishop of Dublin (Robert 
Fowler, D.D.), in 1789 ; George de la Poer, first Marquis of 
Waterford, in 1795 ; Mr. Solicitor-General Smith (after- 
wards Baron Sir William Cusack-Smith, Bart.), in 1801 ; 
the Right Hon. David La Touche, in 1803 ; the Surgeon- 
General (George Stewart), and Sir James Hutchinson, Bart., 
in 1809 ; the Rev. Dr. Hall, Provost of Trinity College 
(afterwards, for six days, Bishop of Dromore), in 1810 ; and 
Charles George, Baron Arden, and the Hon. and Rev. John 
Pomeroy (afterwards Viscount Harberton), in 1811. 

Amongst the various steps taken to increase the funds, we 
find proposals for benefit plays and charity sermons. Of the 
result of the former there is not any entry to be found ; but 
the charity sermons at one time were an unfailing source of 
revenue. In 1811, a sermon in St. Anne's Church, Dublin, 
produced £83, and another in St. Mary's £122 ; while in the 



* «* In this year [1800] Messrs. La Touche were nominated bankers 
to the hospital, a privilege by no means remunerative, as the bankers 
have almost always been in advance, at times to a considerable amount, 
and have invariably refused to receive any interest on their advances." 



NOTES. 



391 



following year the sermon in St. Anne's realized £208. In 
1813 a collection in the same church amounted to £198. 
But the largest sum contributed after any sermon appears to 
have resulted from an appeal by the Rev. James Dunn in 
St. Peter's, in 1815, when the collection amounted to £626. 

In consequence of the very liberal assistance received from 
Lady Hutchinson, she was named, in 1815, the Patroness of 
the institution. 

A second addition to the building was made in 1819, 
consisting of a ward in the upper story, to hold eight beds 
for consumptive patients. The cost of this enlargement was 
defrayed by the proceeds of a charity sermon by the Rev. 
James Dunn, who was appointed assistant-chaplain in recog- 
nition of his services. 

In 1826 a charitable lady presented £200, the interest, at 
5 per cent, to be paid in monthly instalments to one of the 
patients, and after his decease (which took place in 1859), 
the principal to fall into the funds of the institution. 

The year 1836 records a further step in the progress of 
the hospital. A third addition was made to the building, 
consisting of two wards, each of them containing twelve beds. 
This enlargement cost £924. 

The Commissioners of Inquiry into the Charitable Hospi- 
tals of Dublin, appointed in 1829, reported most favour- 
ably of this institution ; testifying to the great efficiency and 
economy of its management, and stating that its utility re- 
quired no proof. They considered that the support and 
relief of so many miserable beings, some of whom, if suffered 
to wander abroad, would be offensive and shocking spectacles, 
afforded strong claims on public benevolence; and they con- 
cluded their observations by recommending a continuance of 
the Parliamentary grant. The Commissioners appointed in 
1842, highly commended the able and economical manage- 
ment of the institution, and considered that the peculiar 
nature of the distress which it seeks to relieve, entitled it to 
continued support. They referred to the distressing duties 



392 APPENDIX III. 



which the Governors had to discharge in making choice 
from amongst so many miserable objects, and to the contact 
which they were necessarily brought into with diseases of 
the most disgusting nature ; and they appreciated the 
motives which induced those gentlemen to undertake an 
office so painful in alleviation of the distresses of the most 
afflicted of their fellow-creatures. The Select Committee of 
the House of Commons, nominated in 1854, recommended, 
that in consideration of the length of time this institution 
had been assisted by Parliamentary grants, and its charitable 
character and excellent management, it should be maintained 
in an efficient state. And the Dublin Hospital Commission 
of 1855 deemed it well worthy of support as a charitable 
institution, though from its peculiar nature not adapted for 
educational purposes, and suggested that the annual grant 
of £250 should be provided from the Concordatum Fund. 

In 1845 a sermon was preached in St. Anne's Church for 
this charity by the late Archbishop Whately, who was for 
many years a Governor, and, as evinced by several contri- 
butions, felt a warm interest in its prosperity. The sermon, 
which produced £91, was published at the request of the 
Governors. The Rev. Alexander M. Pollock, in 1854, 
preached in the Magdalen Asylum Chapel, when the collection 
amounted to £225. In the same year the trustees of the 
fund intended for a testimonial to the late Countess of 
Eglinton, appropriated the sum of £83 15s. 2d. to the use 
of this charity ; and in commemoration thereof, Ward A 
was called the Eglinton Ward, and a marble tablet placed 
over the door. 

In 1858, the sum of £894, the reversionary bequest of 
Elizabeth, Lady Hutchinson, was received ; and in the same 
year a sermon at the Magdalen Asylum, preached by Mr. 
Pollock, produced £272. He strongly recommended the 
members of his congregation to visit the institution, and 
to judge for themselves ; and he thereby induced several to 



NOTES. 393 



interest themselves in its behalf. Consequently, a bazaar 
was organized in 1862 by some influential ladies, which 
proved most successful, the net proceeds amounting to 
£614. In commemoration of it, the sum of £300 was 
funded for the support of a bed in the Eglinton ward, to be 
called u the bed founded by the bazaar of 1862," and a 
tablet was erected, to record the circumstances under which 
the money had been raised. 

In the years 1863 and 1864 there was a large accession 
of Governors, and a great increase in the funds, principally 
owing to the unwearied exertions of Frederick Stokes, Esq., 
J. P. In consequence of this addition to the funds, it was 
resolved to erect a new ward at the west end for consumptive 
patients ; and the work was carried out, from designs by John 
M'Curdy, Esq., for the sum of £1,400. The trustees of Bishop 
Stearne's Charities contributed £140 for the purpose. Funds 
continuing to come in through the exertions of the new Go- 
vernors, it was resolved to erect another wing at the eastern 
end of the building, which has been done at a cost of £1,200. 
The Corporation of Dublin unanimously complied with the 
request of the Governors, and increased their annual pre- 
sentment from £200 to £250. And in 1865, the Relief 
Committee of the Society of Friends presented an annuity of 
£100 for the life of Major O'Reilly, M.P., and also (for the 
erection of a new laundry) the sum of £356 17s 6d., the ba- 
lance of the money in their hands. 

On the day of election, which is held monthly, the candi- 
dates for admission attend before the Governors, and present 
a petition, attesting their name, abode, age, circumstances, 
infirmity, and moral character. After examination by the 
physicians, the Governors select the most helpless and miser- 
able, taking into consideration the nature of the r r disease, 
age, and character. In exercising the trust devolving upon 
them, they act on the principle (supposing the qualifications 
to be in other respects equal) of giving a preference to those 



394 APPENDIX III. 



whose sufferings are most acute, and at the same time admit 
of alleviation from medical treatment and care ; and they 
usually consider cases of malignant cancer, and advanced 
and rapid consumption, as conferring this sad pre-eminence 
in affliction. 

Until 1862 there were seldom more than thirty-five 
Governors at any one time ; but since that date the number 
has increased considerably, and now, as appears from the 
list in the last Annual Report, there are 354. Her Majesty 
the Queen is a Governor of the institution. The wealth and 
respectability of Dublin (but, since fully half the patients 
come from the country districts, why not of Ireland at 
large ?) is well represented ; and in the truly charitable 
work of seeking to alleviate the miseries of many helpless 
sufferers, differences of rank, religion, and politics are happily 
forgotten. 

On the 1st April, 1873, there were 154 patients in the 
house; 46 having died, and 11 resigned, during the preced- 
ing twelve months. There are 158 beds, 90 of them having 
been added within the last few years, and the cost defrayed 
by public subscription. Notwithstanding the most careful 
economy, there is a large and unavoidable increase in the 
expenditure, as set forth in the published statements ; and 
to those who are blessed with the means of doing good, the 
Governors of this " hospital of hospitals " must look for an 
enlarged measure of Christian liberality. 

The following is a list of some of the larger donations and 
bequests, which are mentioned merely as good examples for 
others to imitate : — 



1785-7.— Thos. Charlton, Esq., Curraghtown, Co. Meath, £4,000 

1787.— John Cumming, Esq 600 

1791. —Anonymous 1,000 

1800.— Mrs. Anne Keon 1,000 

1802.— Rev. Richard Daniel 500 

1803.— Mrs. Norcliffe 100 

— Lord Oxmantown .. .. .. .. .. 100 

1806.— General James Lyons 1,000 

1810 Robert Perceval, Esq., M.D 100 



NOTES. 395 



1812.— Sir James Hutchinson, Bart £100 

1815. — Anonymous, "Invalid" .. .. .. .. 100 

1816.— Mrs. A. Rolton 200 

1819.— A Benevolent Person (per J. Hone, Esq.) .. 200 

— Thomas Pleasants, Esq., 50 Grand Canal deben- 

tures of £100 each. 

1822.— Mrs. D. O'Donnell 200 

1826.— Trustees of the Rev. Dr. Barrett, S.F.T. CD. .. 3,000 

1845.— Trustees of Cave's Charities 500 

1851.— Sir John Elly 200 

1853.— Her Majesty the Queen 100 

1858.— Joseph Wilson, Esq., D.L 250 

— Elizabeth, Lady Hutchinson .. .. .. 894 

1859.— Miss Thompson 200 

I860.— J. E. V. Tuthill, Esq 300 

1861.— Miss Sarah Egan 100 

1863.— William Malcomson, Esq 100 

— Thomas Hone, Esq. .. 100 

— Miss Drummond .. .. .. .. .. 1,000 

— P. Ward, Esq 500 

— Peter Thomas Legh, Esq 500 

— Henry Smith, Esq 500 

1864.— John Abbott, Esq 100 

1865.— Alexander Findlater, Esq 250 

— Relief Committee, Society of Friends .. .. 356 

— William Harvie, Esq 100 

— Edward Atkinson, Esq *. .. 100 

1867.— Madame Emile Bertault 100 

— Mrs. Boyle 100 

— Henry Warren, Esq. .. .. . ... 100 

— Robert O'Brien, Esq. .. .. . .. 100 

— Miss Elizabeth Mageough .. .. .. .<■ 500 

1870.— Henry Brennen, Esq 500 

— The Misses Dunbar 300 

— Charles Egan, Esq. 200 

— Mrs. Thompson 100 

— Miss Lea 100 

— Miss Laird .. 200 

1871.— Miss Jane Dunbar 200 

— Charles Egan, Esq. (on account) .. .. .. 500 

— J. T. Tancred, Esq 200 

— James Ross, Esq. .. .. .. .. .. 200 

— John Kershaw, Esq. (for new house at Bray) .. 1,000 
1872.— Miss Jane Dunbar .. 500 

— J.J 100 

— Miss Barton 200 

— Michael B. Mullins, Esq., C.E 1,000 

— Dr. Ryan 383 

— Miss Carter 100 

— Miss Glascott 260 

— James Plunkett, Esq. (£500 Consols) .. .. 463 

— Executors of John Farrell, Esq. .. .. .. 100 



396 APPENDIX III. 



Note (zzz). 

Population of Booterstown Parish. — The follow- 
ing particulars, gleaned from the census taken for the night 
of 2nd April, 1871, are given in continuation of what has 
appeared on the same subject in pp. 34, 35, 224, 225. In 
1871, the population amounted to 3,352 ; comprising 1,370 
males, and 1,982 females; forming 665 families; and occu- 
pying 556 houses. Of these, 53 females were in the Indus- 
trial School, Booterstown. The Church of Ireland numbered 
1,044; Roman Catholics, 2,106; Presbyterians, 46; 
Methodists, 36 ; and members of all other denominations, 120. 
There were 56 houses uninhabited. The General valuation 
of houses and land amounted to .£14,856. 

Population of Donnybrook Parish — The following 
particulars are given in continuation of what has appeared 
in pp. 50, 51, 268, 269. In 1871, the population amounted 
to 13,361; comprising 5,777 males, and 7,584 females; 
forming 2,715 families ; and occupying 1,942 houses. Of 
these, 265 (189 males and 76 females) were in the Pigeon - 
house Fort; 149 (54 males and 95 females) in the Hospital 
for Incurables, Donnybrook ; 65 females in the General Mag- 
dalen Asylum, Donnybrook ; 60 females in St. Mary's 
Industrial School, Sandymount; and 113 females in St. 
Mary's Blind Asylum, Merrion. The Church of Ireland 
numbered 4,276 ; Roman Catholics, 8,119 ; Presbyterians, 
375 ; Methodists, 309 ; and members of all other denomi- 
nations, 282. There were 106 houses uninhabited, and 18 
building. The General valuation of houses and land 
amounted to £38,334 15s. 

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[Continued from p. 2 1 1 . — Third Series.'] 



1322. la this year the lands of Donnybrook, which belonged 
to the manor of Bagotrath, were conveyed by Robert 
Bagot to Fromund le Bruyn, who reconveyed them to 
Thomas, son of the said Robert. 

1327. King Edward III. granted to James le Botiller the 
prisage of wines in the bay of Dublin, as in the other 
great harbours of Ireland. — Rot. in Cane. Hib. 

1349. The King, on payment of a fine, granted a license to 
Richard Fitzwilliam to accept a conveyance from Richard, 
son of Richard Fitzwilliam, and Patricia, his wife, of a 
messuage and one carucate in Donaghbrok, which was held 
of the Prior in capite ; to hold to him, the said Richard, 
for the term of his life, subject to the customs and services 
thereout.— Rot. Pat. in Cane. Hib., 22 Edw. III. 

1356. By writ, reciting that many of those dwelling in that 
part of the county of Dublin which lay between Nov' Cast* 
de Lyons (Newcastle-Lyons) and Donabrok, were refusing 
to contribute towards the expense of wards there, it was 
directed that Walter Russell, Constable of the castle of 
Tallagh, and Nicholas Beg, a guardian of the peace of the 
county of Dublin, should attend to the levy of such ex- 
penses as were reasonable therefor. — Rot. Claus. in Cane. 
Hib., 29 & 30 Edw. III. 

1406. James Fitzwilliam sued out a license from the Crown 
for acquiring and entering upon lands in Balybothyr 

(Booterstown), Thornecastell, Donaghbrok, etc Rot. Pat. 

in Cane. Hib., 7 Hen. IV. 

1408. William Fitwilliam had in this year a similar license 



ANNALS. 399 



in respect of lands in Donaghbrok, etc. — Rot. Pat. in Cane. 
Hib., 9 Hen. IV. 

1409. The King granted to William de Marny, chevaler, 
and to John Marny, his son, a chief- rent of 108s. 8d., 
issuing out of the lands and tenements of Thornecastell, 
to hold same for the term of their lives. — Rot. Pat. in 
Cane. Hib., 10 Hen. IV. 

1422. King Henry V., at the close of his reign, granted to 
James Cornewalshe, Chief Baron of the Exchequer, on 
account of his services, the custody of two parcels of land, 
which had been the estate of James Fitzwilliam, deceased, 
in Mirryong (Merrion), Thornecastle, and elsewhere, then 
being in the King's hands, to hold same during the 
minority of Philip, said James' heir, together with the 

benefit accruing from his marriage, etc Rot. Pat. in 

Cane Hib., 9 Hen. Y. 

1442. James Cornewalshe, Chief Baron, came from his 
residence at Dunboyne, 28 th September, for the purpose 
of taking his seat in the Court of Exchequer, or, as the 
record informs us, " causa sedendi in scaccario domini 
Regis, ibidemque Deo favente justiciam faciendum in 
crastino sancti Michaelis tunc proximo sequente;" and 
that he came to his manor of Bagotrath, situate within 
the liberty of the city of Dublin, where, as the same 
record states, " more solito sub quiete et pacis domini 
Regis supradicti tranquillitatem una cum suis tantum 
domesticis dicto vicessimo octavo die residebat." While 
he was there, however, William Fitzwilliam, of Dundrum, 
" cum magna nmltitudine hominum armatorum modo 
guerrino," entered the hall of the manor in Bagotrath, 
" cum gladiis, arcubus, lanceis, et fustibus," and there, 
11 proditorie et felonice,'' and against the King's peace, u ut 
vulgariter et notorie dicitur," most wickedly slew him. — 
Memoranda Roll of the Exchequer, 21 Hen. VI. 

1529. By an inquisition taken at Dublin Castle, 20 Hen. 
VIII., it was found that Ellinor Dowdall, widow of Thomas 
Fitzwilliam, of Bagotrath, was seized of one-third of his 
estates. It also finds that his son and heir, Richard Fitz- 
william, made his will, which bears date 12th July, 15 
Hen. VIII., whereby he directs " his body to be burit 
at the Whit frirs of Dublin," to whom he bequeaths 
" a gown of sattyng, and a dowblett of [ ] , to 



400 APPENDIX III. 



make them westments." He leaves "to the church of 
Myrryon a gown of chamlett and a doublett of sattine to 
make westments/' He leaves " his ffynest blak hose to 
Morish, my ghostly father." He adds, u Item, I will that 
my wiff shall sitt and dwell in the place of Bagotrath 
as long as hit shall pleas her [ ] as my heyr be 

able to entyr in hit." The inquisition further finds that 
Richard died 30th August, 20 Henry VIII., leaving 
Thomas Fitzwilliam, his son and heir, aged seven years, 
and unmarried, and that Bagotrath was held by the Mayor 
and Bailiffs of Dublin, by the service of 20 marks yearly 
rent. — Exchequer Inquisition. 

1579. On the 27th of June, by the intercession of Adam 
Loftus, Archbishop of Dublin, the advowson of the arch- 
deaconry, upon the next vacancy, was granted to George 
Cowlie, gent. — Chapt. Acts, Ch. Ch. 

1602. The form of perambulating the franchises of the city 
of Dublin, as the same was done in this year (see p. 65), 
in the mayoralty of Sir John Tyrrell, is given at full 
length (but with many strange blunders) in Whitelaw 
and Walsh's " History of Dublin," vol. i. pp. 98-103. 
The original is in the Charter Book of the Corporation of 
Dublin, fol. 138-141, and is entitled— " The Ryding of 
the fraunches and liberties of the Citty of Dublin according 
to the auncient custome, and lately perambulated in the 
yeare of Sir John Terrell's maioralty." As mentioned by 
a correspondent in Notes and Queries, 3rd S. iv. 313, " a 
literary friend [Aquilla Smith, Esq., M.D., of Dublin] 
has kindly furnished me with a carefully corrected copy 
of this curious document. Messrs. Whitelaw and Walsh 
(good and useful as their publication is in other respects) 
were undoubtedly very careless in transcribing, and con- 
sequently (as I have said) made many strange blunders. 
One specimen must suffice for the present. In p. 102, 1. 
9 from bottom, the mayor is represented as causing the 
sword-bearer ' to sit on the king's sword ' ; but his lord- 
ship did no such thing. Instead of * the mayor caused 
the sword-bearer to sit on the king's sword,' read, 
' through a window [which words are omitted] the mayor 
caused the sword-bearer to sett in the king's sword ' — - 
which gives a very different meaning." 

1624. A writer in the Freeman's Journal (21st February, 
1860), in a review of Part. i. of these " Brief Sketches," 



ANNALS. 401 



found fault with the author for taking " no notice of the 
great fire by which Donny brook was destroyed in the year 
1624." The writer gave no authority for his statement; 
and whether any such calamity really occurred, has not as 
yet been ascertained. 

1629. The patent for the viscountcyof Fitzwilliam of Meryon, 
and barony of Fitzwilliam of Thorncastle, to which Sir 
Thomas Fitzwilliam was this year promoted, is given at 
length in the "Journals of the House of Lords (Ireland)," 
vol. i. p. 87. 

1639. Eccl. de Donnabrooke.— Nathaniel Hoyle, Curatus, 
1639, 1640, 1641; Thomas Tallis and Hugh Jennings, 
Churchwardens ; Samuel Wadelworth, Parish Clerk. 
(Rev. Dr. Brady's MSS., Dio. Dublin.) Nathaniel Hoyle, 
elected a Fellow of Trinity College, Dublin, in 1631, was 
Vice- Provost during Washington's desertion of his post, 
1641, 1642, 1643 ; resigned in 1646; admitted Fellow of 
Brazen-nose College, Oxford, 1648 ; B.D. ad eund., 1649 ; 
restored Senior Fellow and Vice-Provost, by King's letter, 
1660 ; he was also in the College during the Usurpation 
in 1652 ; and was Vice-Provost in 1659, 1660.--" Dublin 
University Calendar," 1873, p. 383. 

1640. Died 30th January, Thomas Madden, of Bagotrath, 
one of whose great-grandsons was " that most worthy 
patriot and especial benefactor to the kingdom of Ireland, 
the Rev d Doctor Samuel Madden." See Archdall's 
M Lodge's Peerage of Ireland," vol. ii. p. 392. 

1640. James Browne and John Gore served as Church- 
wardens of Donnybrook. — Brady's MSS. 

1641. Thomas Fox and William Mackenally, Churchwardens 
of Donnybrook. (Brady's MSS.) This is the earliest 
mention of one of the MacNally family in connexion with 
the parish. See pp. 125, 280. 

1643. Thomas, Viscount Fitzwilliam, petitioned the Irish 
House of Lords " against Captain Russell, Lieutenant of 
the Ordnance, for certain wastes and destructions committed 
on the lands of Bagotrath, being his lordship's inheritance, 
notwithstanding several former orders of the Lords Justices, 
of the Lieutenant-General of the Army, and the Governor 
of the city." Upon reading this petition, 20th April, it 
was " ordered that the said petitioner's request be recom- 

2d 



402 APPENDIX III. 



mended to the Lord Marquis of Ormond, Lieutenant- 
General of the Army, who may be pleased to take such 
course therein as his lordship shall think fit." Several 
petitions from Lord Fitzwilliam against persons for arrears 

of rent were on the same day read and dismissed 

"Lords' Journals," vol. i. p. 196. 

1649. For reference to pamphlets containing sundry particu- 
lars of Bagotrath Castle at this date, see p. 314. 

1652. In p. 25 of Dr. Gerard Boate's l{ Natural History 
of Ireland," which was published this year in London 
(" a work," according to Bishop Nicolson, " excellent in its 
kind, as not only full of truth and certainty, but written 
with much judgment, order, and exactness "), there is this 
notice of the harbour of Dublin : — " Dublin haven hath a 
bar in the mouth, upon which at high flood and spring-tide 
there is fifteen and eighteen feet of water, but at the 
ebbe and nepe-tide but six. With an ordinary tide you 
cannot go to the key of Dublin with a ship that draws 
five feet of water, but with a spring-tide you may go 
up with ships that draw seven and eight feet. Those that 
go deeper cannot go nearer Dublin than the Rings-end, 
a place three miles distant from the bar, and one from 
Dublin. This haven almost all over falleth dry with the 
ebbe, as well below Rings-end as above it, so as you may 
go dry-foot round about the ships which lye at an anchor 
there, except in two places, one at the north side, half- 
way betwixt Dublin and the bar, and the other at the 
south side not far from it. In these two little creeks 
(whereof the one is called the pool of Clantarf, and the 
other Poolebeg) it never falleth dry, but the ship3 which 
ride at an anchor remain ever afloat ; because at low water 
you have nine or ten feet of water there. This haven, 
besides its shallowness, hath yet another great incom- 
modity, that the ships have hardly any shelter there for 
any winds, not only such as come out of the sea, but also 
those which come off from the land, especially out of the 
south-west ; so as with a great south-west storm the ships 
run great hazard to be carried away from their anchors, 
and driven into the sea ; which more than once hath come 
to pass, and particularly in the beginning of November, 
Anno 1637, when in one night ten or twelve barks had 
that misfortune befaln them, of the most part whereof 
never no news hath been heard since." In p. 65 of " The 



ANNALS. 403 



Parlour Window " (London, 1841), by the Rev. Edward 
Mangin, there is an M absurd " note (already mentioned) 
on the foregoing paragraph : — " Ringsend is an absurd 
corruption of Wring Sand, the proper name of the suburb." 
Boate's " Natural History " is included in Mr. Alexander 
Thorn's privately-printed "Tracts and Treatises (Ireland), 
1613-17 69," vol. i. pp. 1-148 (2 vols. 8vo., Dublin, 
1860-61), 
1657. By letter of privy seal, dated 20th April, Oliver 
Cromwell, Lord Protector, granted to "Oliver, Viscount 
Fitzwilliams of Merrion, in Ireland, authority to receive 
such moneys as should arise from two-thirds of the estate 
of Mary Plunkett, his mother-in-law [?], under special 
circumstances herein set forth." (" Parliamentary Papers," 
1844, vol. xli. p. 604.) See Notes and Queries, 3rd S. ii. 
349, 437. 

1660. Captain John Bartlett petitioned for a grant, with 
survivorship to himself and Capt. Phil. Carpenter, of the 
charge of the post-barks between Holyhead and [Ringsend] 
Dublin (a like grant, made in 1643, proving of no avail 
to him) ; and his petition was granted. (" Calendar of 
State Papers, Domestic Series, 1660-61," p. 94.) In the 
same year he presented another petition to King Charles 
II. " Served as a captain to the King's friends, Lord 
Spottiswood, Lord Digby, now Earl of Bristol, etc. ; has a 
grant of the post- service from Holyhead [to Dublin] , but 
the two post- barks have long been in the hands of a fanatic, 
and the farmers of the post-office, being of the same party, 
refuse to give their letters to any other. Requests two of 
the King's ketches to carry on the service, and an order to 
the post-farmers to pay him £340 a year, as they do to 
the fanatic, also an addition of £160 from His Majesty, 
the expense of the two barks and 16 seamen being over 
£500 a year. With reference thereon to the Marquis of 
Ormond, and his report, July 28, in favour of the petition." 
—76. p. 126. 

1665. " Dublin, May 6. We have had here upon the 
Strand several races ; but the most remarkable was by 
the Rings- end Coaches (which is an odde kinde of Carre, 
and generally used in this countrey.) There were a matter 
of 25 of them, and his Excellency the Lord Deputy 
[Thomas, Earl of Ossory] bestowed a piece of plate upon 
him that won the race, and the second, third, and fourth 



404 APPENDIX III. 



were rewarded with money. It is a new institution, and 
likely to become an annual custom ; for the humour of it 
gave much satisfaction, there being at least 5,000 spec- 
tators." (The Intelligencer, 15th May.) For some par- 
ticulars of these Ringsend Cars, see p. 57. 

1673. The Survey of the Harbour of Dublin by Sir Bernard 
de Gomme, Engineer- General, was made this year. See 
pp. 335-341. 

1674. For curious details of the funeral expenses of William, 
third Viscount Fitzwilliam of Merrion, who died this year, 
and was buried at Donnybrook, see pp. 314-316. 

1674. Particulars of Yarranton's Survey of Ringsend, which 
was made this j'ear, may be found in pp. 148-152. The 
best biographical sketch of this remarkable man, whose 
volume (consisting of two parts, and already quoted) is 
full of sagacious insight regarding the future commercial 
and manufacturing greatness of England, is in Smiles's 
" Industrial Biography " (8vo. London, 1863), pp. 60-76. 

1675. For a reference to Sir Bernard de Gomme's "design 
of building a fort-royal on the strand near Ringsend," of 
which full mention has been made, see the report of Mr. 
Jonas Moore, drawn up this year, and printed in 
" Letters written by Arthur Capel, Earl of Essex, Lord 
Lieutenant of Ireland, in 1675 " (4to. London, 1770), p. 
167. 

1679. A copy of " A true and perfect Relation of the mon- 
strous and prodigious whale lately cast on shore at Ring's* 
End, near Dublin, in Ireland, with the manner of its 
taking," etc. (4to. London, 1679), is in the possession of 
Evelyn Philip Shirley, Esq., as mentioned in his privately- 
printed "Catalogue of the Irish Library at Lough Fea'' 
(London, 1872), p. 355. 

1690. In " A List of the Principal Officers employed in the 
Revenue, 24 Jun. 1690," given in Archbishop King's 
" State of the Protestants of Ireland " (4to. London, 
1691), p. 328, William Briscoe and Phelim Dempsy 
appear as " Surveyors of Ringsend." 

1693. There is (or was) in the possession of Dr. R. R. Madden, 
of Booterstown, a parchment " Map of Symon's Court, in 
the Parish of Donabrooke, half-Baronie of Rathdown, and 
County of Dublin, belonging to the Dean of Christ Church, 



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traced from a Map coppyed in Jan y , 1717-18, by John 
Green from a Survey taken by Abraham Carter, in Sep- 
tember, 1693, by Thos. Cave." 

1695. By indenture made 11th May, between William 
Moreton, D.D., Bishop of Kildare, and Dean of Christ 
Church, and Elizabeth Mossom, of Dublin, widow of Robert 
Mossom, LL.D., Master in Chancery (by whom they had 
been held), " all y e towne and lands of Smothescourt, 
alias Symonscourt, with y e old ruinous castle, gate-house, 
and all other y e tenements, messuages, gardens, back- 
sides," etc., were conveyed to Elizabeth Mossom for twenty- 
one years, at a yearly rent of £55. Dr. Mossom's will 
had been proved in the Prerogative Court, Dublin, in 
February, 1679, as mentioned in Notes and Queries, 3rd 
S. VI. 187. 

1699. William Porter and Richard Croshaw were Church- 
wardens of Donny brook. See p. 160. 

1703. For the portion of the Act 2 Anne, c. xi., relative to 
the building of the Royal Chapel of St. Matthew, Rings- 
end, see p. 146. 

1706. "City Records:— £50 voted for the church at 
Ringsend." — Dublin Saturday Magazine (1866), vol. ii. 
p. 108. 

1711. A family named Stoyte resided at this date near 
Donnybrook ; and Dean Swift makes frequent mention of 
them in his " Journal to Stella." For example : — " Well, 
Madam Dingley, and so Mrs. Stoyte invites you, and so 
you stay at Donnybrook, and so you could not write " 
(24th January, 1710-11) ; " Go to bed and sleep, sirrahs, 
that you may rise to-morrow, and walk to Donnybrook, 
and lose your money with Stoyte and the Dean ; do so, 
dear little rogues, and drink Presto's health" (14th 
March) ; " Go, go, go to the Dean's, and let him carry 
you to Donnybrook, and cut asparagus " (8th May) ; " I 
tell you what, if I was with you when we went to Stoyte 
at Donnybrook, we would only take a coach to the hither 
end of Stephen's Green, and from thence go every step on 
foot, yes faith every step ; it would do : D.D. goes as well 
as Presto" (loth May); "Tell Goody Stoyte she owes 
me a world of dinners, and I will shortly come over [from 
England], and demand them" (12th September). Sir 
Francis Stoyte was Lord Mayor of Dublin in 1704-5, and 



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died 14th February, 1707. In the Donnybrook parish- 
register of baptisms there is this entry : — " 1722, April 
14, Thomas, son to John and Ann Stoyt." 

1712. ¥ City Records : — Steeple of Ringsend church ordered 
to be built at the charge of the city." — Dublin Saturday 
Magazine, vol. ii. p. 143. 

1714. As appears from a letter dated August 14th, Mount 
Merrion was the temporary country-residence of Arch- 
bishop King, by the kindness of Lord Fitzwilliam, its pro- 
prietor. — Bp. Mant's " History of the Church of Ireland," 
vol. ii. p. 272. 

1723. For a copy of the King's letter (10 Geo. I.) "for 
establishing a Minister or Curate at Ringsend," see p. 147. 

1725. " With this [his money] I set forward [1st May, 1725], 
and in live days arrived from the western extremity of 
Ireland at a village called Rings-end, that lies on the bay 
of Dublin. Three days I rested there, and at the Con- 
niving-House [see p. 74], and then got my horses on 
board a ship that was ready to sail, and bound for the 
land I was born in, I mean Old England." (" The Life 
of John Buncle, Esq." [Thomas Amory], vol. i. p. 87, 
London, 1766.) In a note to the same page he gives the 
following description : — " The Conniving-House (as the 
gentlemen of Trinity called it in my time, and long after) 
was a little public-house, kept by Jack Macklean, about a 
quarter of a mile beyond Rings- end, on the top of the 
beach, within a few yards of the sea. Here we used to 
have the finest fish, at all times ; and in the season, green 
peas, and all the most excellent vegetables. The ale here 
was always extraordinary, and everything the best ; 
which, with its delightful situation, rendered it a delightful 
place of a summer's evening. Many a delightful evening 
have I passed in this pretty thatched house with the 
famous Larrey Grogan, who played on the bag-pipes 
extreme well ; dear Jack Lattin, matchless on the fiddle, 
and the most agreeable of companions ; that ever charming 
young fellow, Jack Wall, the most worthy, the most 
ingenious, the most engaging of them, the son of Coun- 
cilor Maurice Wall ; and many other delightful fellows ; 
who went in the days of their youth to the shades of 
eternity. When I think of them and their evening songs — 
We will go to Johnny Macklearts, to try if his ale be good 
or not, etc., and that years and infirmities begin to oppress 



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me, what is life !" He gives also in this " amusing and 
singular work, which is a sort of sketch of his own life," a 
curious account of what happened at sea, pp. 88-92. 

1725. An anecdote of the humours of Donnybrook Fair 
about this date is given in Burdy's u Life of the Rev. 
Philip Skelton " (Dublin, 1792), pp. 12, 13, as follows: — 
" While he [Skelton] was in the College, he went once to 
Donnybrook Fair, and heard it proclaimed there that a 
hat was set up as a prize for the best cudgel-player. The 
two cudgels, with basket-hilts, lying for public in- 
spection, Skelton, like a recent Dares, stept forward, 
took up one of them, made a bow to the girls, and chal- 
lenged an antagonist to oppose him. On this a confident 
young fellow came up and accepted the challenge. Imme- 
diately a ring was formed, and the two heroes began. 
They fought for a while on equal terms, warding off the 
blows in the science of defence. But at last his anta- 
gonist was off his guard, and Skelton taking the advan- 
tage, hit him some smart strokes about the head, and 
made him throw down the cudgel, and own he was con- 
quered. He thus gained the victory, and won the hat. 
He then took the hat in his hand, showed it to the gaping 
crowd, made a bow to the girls, and told them, 4 he 
fought just to please them, but would not keep the hat, 
that they might have more amusement ;' and then bowed 
again and retired. A hero in romance could not have 
been more complaisant to the fair sex." He died in 
Dublin, 4th May, 1787, having been " liberally endowed 
by Providence with intellectual perfections "; and was 
buried at St. Peter's, where there is a stone with a minute 
and elaborate inscription, which is said to have been com- 
posed by the late Dean Burrowes, then a Fellow of Trinity 
College. For a copy of it, see the above-named " Life "; 
or Cotton's " Fasti Ecclesise Hibernicae," vol. iii. pp. 100, 
101. Mr. Skelton's works were published, for the benefit 
of the Magdalen Asylum, Dublin, in 6 vols. 8vo., Dublin, 
1770, et seq. ; to which, in 1792, was added Burdy's 
"Life." The same, with the " Life," and edited by the 
Rev. Robert Lvnam, reappeared in 6 vols. 8vo., London, 
1824. 

1727. Dr Threlkeld, in his u Synopsis Stirpium Hiberni- 
carum ".(Dublin, 1727), when mentioning the Ranunculus 
Bulbosus (Bulbous Crowfoot), says: — "It grows in some 



408 APPENDIX III. 



wet closes between Dannebrook and Rings-end, where I 
could pull up the knobby root without breaking the stalk, 
the ground was so soft and spongy." 

1729. In the "List of the Absentees of Ireland," published 
this year in Dublin (8vo. pp. 94), Lord Viscount Fitzwil- 
liam appears amongst those " who live generally abroad, 
and visit Ireland now and then for a month or two ;" his 
estate being valued at £5,000 per annum. 

1733. For particulars of Sir Edward Lovet Pearce, who died 
this year, see p. 278. 

1734. " On Saturday evening last [the 24th] died after a 
long illness, at Simon's Court, near this city, the Rt. Hon. 
[Arthur Forbes] the [second] Earl of Granard." — Pue's 
Occurrences, 27th August. 

1737. Mention of an explosion at the Powder Mill, Beggars- 
bush, appears in the same Dublin newspaper, 7th May. 

1737. " On Saturday night last, by a violent storm, the 
mast and lights belonging to the new Light-house at 
Polebegg were blown down." — Pile's Occurrences, 13th 
September. 

1738. For particulars of Lieutenant-General Pearce, who 
died this year, see p. 279. 

1738. The Hon. John Forbes, second son of George, third 
Earl of Granard, was appointed, 24th October, Commander 
of the Portmahon, of twenty guns [the name of which 
vessel frequently appears in the parish-register of Donny- 
brook], then stationed on the coast of Ireland ; whence he 
was removed, 10th August, 1739, to the Severn, of fifty 
guns. (ArchdalPs " Lodge's Peerage of Ireland," vol. ii. 
p. 150.) Having at an early age entered the navy, he 
attained, in 1743, to the rank of Admiral of the Fleet, and 
is honourably remembered for the manner in which he, as 
a Lord of the Admiralty, protested against the cruel exe- 
cution of Admiral Byng. He died 10th March, 1796. 
He was the author of " Memoirs of the Earls of Granard," 
which, having been edited by George Arthur Hastings, 
seventh Earl of Granard, K.P., appeared in London, in 
1868. See Notes and Queries, 4th S. ii. 215. 

1739. " For a considerable time past we have had here 
exceeding wet and cold weather incessantly, such as has 



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scarce ever been known at this season of the year ; but on 
Monday and Tuesday last we had such a great, heavy, 
and continued rain," etc. . . . " It [the flood] made 
great havock and destruction at Ball's-Bridge, carrying 
down all the banks, trees, ditches, and hedges, and the 
Mill; and so great was the impetuosity and force of it, 
that it carried away the famous stone-bridge of Donny- 
brook, so that there is not a stone of it to be seen." — 
Dublin Gazette, loth September. 

1741. " Saturday last, Mr. Baron Wainwright came to town 
from the Munster Circuit, very ill of a fever, and this 
morning he died at his house, Mount Merrion, within four 
miles of this city. He was a gentleman greatly esteemed 
for his most excellent virtues, and his death is universally 
lamented." (Pwe's Occurrences, 14th April.) See a 
pamphlet, " printed at the Foreign Office, May, 1847," and 
entitled, " Famine in Ireland, 1740-41," for particulars of 
the famine and pestilence which prevailed at this time 
throughout the country. 

1741. " On Monday night died of a fever at his house in 
Rings-End, the Rev. Mr. Michael Hartlib [ see p. 167], 
Castle Chaplain, and Minister of Ring's-End Church." 
{Dublin Gazette, 29th August.) " The Rev. Mr. Hart- 
liffe " is mentioned in Pwe's Occurrences, 10th April, 1731. 
An advertisement respecting his daughter appeared in the 
Dublin newspapers the year after his death : — " Whereas 
Loetitia Hartlib, daughter of the late Rev. Michael Hart- 
lib, of the city of Dublin, was about the beginning of 
January last spirited away from her friends and relations 
by one Mr. James Lombard, and by him detained ever 
since,'' etc. {Pue's Occurrences, 27th February, and 
Dublin News- Letter, 2nd March, 1741-2.) The banns of 
marriage were forbidden " by reason that the said Loetitia 
was so void of common human understanding as not to be 
capable of consenting properly to any contract of marriage.'* 
W. Lingen was executor of the last will and testament of 
Mr. Hartlib. 

1741. ' l The premium of Ten Pounds was given by the 
[now Royal] Dublin Society [16th September], in the 
presence of the Lord Mayor [Alderman Sir Samuel 
Cooke], to the person who produced the best barrel 
of wheat at the Market-house in Thomas-street, Dublin. 
Fifteen several persons put in for the premium ; their 



410 APPENDIX III. 



sacks were marked, and samples taken from each of them, 
which were placed separately on a table in a private 
room, with correspondent marks conceal'd under each 
parcel ; then three bakers were sent for by the Lord 
Mayor, who were sworn to fix upon five of the best 
parcels, according to the best of their judgments, which 
five parcels being examined over again, two of them were 
judged to be steely, and so laid aside ; the remaining three 
parcels being equally good as to their colour, a gallon was 
taken from each sack and weighed, and it was found upon 
trial that the wheat of Isaiah Yeates of Butterstown, in 
the county of Dublin [who had been Churchwarden of 
Donnybrook, including Booterstown, in 1728], outweighed 
the other two parcels by five ounces in a gallon. Accord- 
ingly the Ten Pounds were paid down on the nail to the 
said Yeates, who has 400 barrels of the same sort of 
wheat, which sold at the same market for 20s. a barrel, 
when other wheat sold from 14s. to 18s." {Gentleman's 
Magazine, 1741, p. 498.) " In the north of Ireland wheat 
sold for 6d. a stone, and beef at Id. a pound ; and other 
provisions in proportion." [lb. p. 499.) In the following 
year Mr. Yeates was likewise a successful competitor : — 
" Last Wednesday [17th November] several Members of 
the Society met at the Market-house in Thomas-street to 
determine the premium of ten pounds promised for the best 
barrel of wheat of the growth of the current year. There 
were six candidates, and all their corn appearing very 
good, it was agreed to decide the competition by weight ; 
accordingly a striked gallon of wheat was taken from every 
sack, and exactly weighed. The respective weights, with 
the names of the candidates and their places of abode, 
were as follows : — 

lb. oz. dr. 
Mr. Yeates of Butterstown's Wheat, weigh'd per gallon, 7 11 2 
Mr. Smally's of Shanganagh, ,, „ 7 11 2 

Mr. Seagraves of Londestown, ,, ,, 7 10 4 

Mr. Cartyes of Leporstown, „ „ 7 10 2 

Mr. Slator cf Brownstown, „ „ 7 9 2 

Mrs. Prowde of the Grange, „ ,, 7 9 2 

all of the county of Dublin. Mr. Yeates and Mr. Smally's 
wheat being heavier than the rest, and both of them 
being exactly 7 Pound eleven Ounces and a Quarter, or 
2 Drams, the premium was on account of the equality 
equally divided between them, and paid down on the nail ; 
they having first made oath that they had not kiln-dried 



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or made use of fire to dry their corn. Mr. Seagrave's 
wheat was judg'd by the bakers who were present, to 
be as good, if not better than any other, till it was 
weighed. Afterwards a striked barrel of the said best 
wheat was weighed (being gently pour'd into the barrel), 
and it contained but 18 Stone four Pounds and a half." 
[Dublin News-Letter, 20th November, 1742.) For the 
origin of the phrase here used, " Paid down upon the nail," 
see Notes and Queries, 1st S. ix. 196, 384. 

1741. On Sunday, loth November, "the Right Rev. Doc* 
Rob* Clayton, Bishop of Cork [afterwards of Clogher], 
ordained at Donneybrooke Church several Priests and 
Deacons." {Dublin Gazette, 17th November.) See p. 128. 

1742. Died 5th May, " Henry Lord Power of Ireland, of 
an antient and noble family," etc. See p. 280. In "The 
Rise of Great Families," etc. (London, 1873), pp. 338, 
339, Sir Bernard Burke, quoting from Dr. William King's 
"Anecdotes of his own Times," makes mention of "the 
Lord Power, a Peer of the Realm of Ireland [who died at 
Paris, 20th August, 1725], aged about 80 years," having 
lived upon a small pension granted by Queen Anne. 

1743. His Excellency the Lord Chancellor (Jocelyn) resided 
at this date at Mount Merrion. (Pue's Occurrences, 15th 
January.) See p. 75. 

1743. On Sunday, 8th May, " a sailor was brought from 
Rings End to Irish Town Churchyard to be buried ; but 
when they laid him on the ground, the coffin was observed 
to stir, on which he was taken up ; and by giving him 
some nourishment, he came to himself, and is likely to do 
well." (Dublin News-Letter, 10th May.) For mention 
of this strange circumstance, see p. 168. 

1743. "Last week died the Rev. Mr Walter Thomas, of 
Thurles, in the county of Tipperary. He was a gentleman 
of exceeding good character, and his death is much 
lamented." (Pue's Occurrences, 28th June.) See p. 71. 
He was elected a Scholar of Trinity College, Dublin, in 
1697, and graduated M.A. in 1701. 

1743. " Last night died at his house in Aungier-street 
[Dublin], the Rev. Dr Charles Whittingham [see p. 72], 
Archdeacon of Dublin," etc. (Pue's Occurrences, 16th 
July.) He was elected a Scholar of Trinity College, 



412 APPENDIX III. 



Dublin, in 1683 ; graduated M.A., 1688 ; B.D. and D.D., 
1704 ; and published a sermon preached in Christ Church, 
on the arrival of King William III. (4to. Dublin, 1733). 

1743. " The Salt Works at Ringsend and Clontarf, being 
both at work, country dealers and others may be supplied 
with right good salt, at the same price the English salt sells, 
may have grass or hay for their horses, if they stay all 
night, and their salt passed toll-free." — Dublin News- 
Letter, 10 th September. 

1744. From a MS. volume, entitled " An Establishment of 
the Revenue Officers [in Ireland] for Mich s Quarter, 
1744," we have what follows relative to those stationed at 
Ringsend : — Thomas Griesdall, Prin. Surv r , £20 ; Roger 
Tutthill and George Hannel, Surv rs , £17 10s. and £15 ; 
thirty-six Tidewaiters, £7 10s. each ; sixteen Supr y Tide- 
waiters, £1 5s. each ; two Cocksons, £5 15s. each ; and 
eight Boatmen, £5 each. Total amount of payments, 
£394. 

1748. " Poollbeg Oyster Fishery being taken this year by 
Messrs. Burnet and Simpson of Ringsend, they may be had 
fresh and in their purity at Mrs. L'Sware's, at the Sign of 
the Good Woman in Rings-End aforesaid." — Dublin 
Weehly Journal, 15th October. 

1749. John Fitzgibbon, first Earl of Clare (see pp. 79, 170), 
was born this year at Donnybrook, as mentioned in 
Taylor's " History of the University of Dublin" (London, 
1845), p. 426. No record of his baptism appears in the 
parish-register; but Mr. W. B. S. Taylor was a native of 
Donnybrook, and lived there for many years, and had 
good grounds for his assertion. For a biographical sketch 
of Lord Clare, see pp. 317, 318. 

1750. Died, 27th November, "at Ringsend, Mr. James 
Lundow [Lundy], aged 106 years." (Exshaw's Magazine, 
1750, p. 596.) See p. 281. 

1751. "February 26. Happn'd one of the greatest hurri- 
canes ever remembred in Ireland, which has occasioned 
very considerable damages over the whole kingdom." 
(Exshaw's Magazine, 1751, p. 112.) " The same hurri- 
cane did considerable mischief to the shipping in Dublin, 
and other ports of Ireland." — lb. p. 156. 

1751. "The same day [Saturday, 17th August] the Right 



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Hon. the Lord Mayor [Alderman Thomas Taylor], at- 
tended by the Sheriffs [Messrs. George Reynolds and 
Thomas White] and Constables, went to Donnybrook 
Fair, and ordered all the tents to be pulled down ; and on 
Sunday went to the said place, attended by the picquet- 
guard, where the Ormond and Liberty rioters had assem- 
bled, in order to disperse those inconsiderate wretches, 
who by their vile proceedings are a pest of society, and a 
scandal to the human species." (Dublin Weekly Journal, 
24th August.) For particulars of the " Liberty Boys 
and Ormond Boys," see [Walsh's] " Sketches of Ireland 
Sixty Years Ago" (Dublin, 1847), p. 3 — an interesting 
book by the late Master of the Rolls. 

1751. In the list of " Premiums given by the Dublin Society, 
between 10 Nov. 1750, and 14 Nov. 1751," this entry 
appears : — *• Richard Matthewson, who produced sugar- 
loaf blue paper he made at Ballsbridge, the first in this 
kingdom, 2 guineas." Mention is likewise made of " the 
Paper-makers at Ballsbridge " in " Watson's Almanack,'' 
1752, p. 72. 

1753. The Rev. John Drury, M.A. (elected a Scholar of 
Trinity College, Dublin, in 1735), was at this date, and 
for some time after, Curate of Donnybrook. — Parish 
Register. 

1754. "June 18. Last Thursday and the two following 
days, the rains did great damages, and Rathfarnham-bridge 
[across the Dodder] was thrown down, which was one arch 
of 100 feet wide. Many people and cattle were drown'd, 
and boats drove to sea.'' — Gentlemarts Magazine, 1754, 
p. 290. 

1754. In an unpublished letter from John Hayman, Esq., of 
Clonmel, to Thomas Lindsay, Esq., " at Bath,'' dated 2nd 
November, 1754, there is this paragraph : — •' I am greatly 
concern'd to give an account that Sir Charles Moore is 
now no more. It's now upwards of a month, and that of a 
Saturday night, he sat up all night writing, went to bed 
about five in the morn, but cou'd get no rest : upon which 
he soon got up, and order'd his man to get his horse ready, 
rid out towards the Black Rock, near Dublin, gave his 
horse to the man, bid him walk about, and would be back 
soon. The servant thought he was going to dip as usual 
in the salt water ; but not returning in some hours, or 



414 APPENDIX III. 



hearing of him, went to see for him, but cou'd get no 
account of him ; upon which he went back to town, and 
told his sister that lived with him ; upon which she 
call'd all his servants, and sent them to see for him ; and 
in the latter end of the day they happened to see him 
lying on his face between two rocks ; they turn'd him on 
his back, and found his mouth all dirty and bloody, 
occasion'd by a shot of a pocket-pistol, which was loaded 
with shot, that he had discharged in his mouth. He had 
another in his pocket loaded with ball. There was a jury 
from town sat on his body, and was two days before they 
agreed to bring in their verdict, that he was lunatick. As 
yet I don't hear what reason he had for this rash and 
terrible action. He was look'd upon to be a man of good 
reason, a man of honour, and lived on the earth like a 
little god, not in debt, but full of cash, He made a will, 
and left all to his two sisters. His place in the power of 
the Government was since given to one Mr. Maxwell." 
Sir Charles Moore, Bart, (only son of Sir Emanuel Moore, 
Bart., M.P. for Downpatrick), held the office of Keeper 
of the Records in Birmingham Tower, with Mr. John Lodge 
as his Deputy; and was succeeded by Robert Maxwell, 
Esq., Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant. The title and 
estates reverted to his uncle, Colonel Robert Moore. 
1754. Thomas Cooley, Esq., had at this date his country- 
residence "near Butterstown " (Puds Occurrences, 25th 
November), and was a person of some consideration. Died 
"in York-street [Dublin], Thomas Cooley, Esq., Coun- 
sellor-at-law, and Representative in Parliament for the 
borough of Duleek, in the county of Meath. As he was 
a gentleman of an extraordinary good character, his death 
is universally lamented by all who had the pleasure of his 
acquaintance." (76.16th December, 1756.) In "The 
First Sheet of an Actual Survey of the Environs of the 
City of Dublin,'' by Rocque, " Counc r Cooley's House " 
is marked ; and also, inter alia, " Lord Merrion's Brick 
Fields," now Sandymount ; " the Mass House," on the site 
of the present Roman Catholic Chapel in " Merrion Lane," 
now Booterstown-avenue ; " Black Rock Avenue," now 
the Cross- avenue ; " the Black Rock," from which the 
town derives its name, and which was removed (at least 
in part) during the construction of the Dublin and Kings- 
town Railway, having stood not far from where the 
Blackrock Railway- station is ; " the Pacquet Moorings ;'' 



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415 



" Quarantine Sloop;" "Light Ship;" and "Bounds of 
the Lord Mayor's Jurisdiction.'' See p. 74. 

1755. " Dublin, August 12. The liberties and franchises of 
this city were rode and perambulated by the Rt. Hon. the 
Lord Mayor [Alderman Hans Bailie], attended by the 
High Sheriffs [Messrs. Philip Crampton and Timothy 
Allen] and the several corporations in their order. The 
grandeur of the procession is beyond all conception. The 
estimate of the expenses of the different corporations, laid 
before the City Treasurer for disbursement, amounted in 
the whole to £38,000. These franchises are rode once in 
three years." — Gentleman's Magazine, 1755, p. 377. 

1758. " We hear that the Right Hon. [Richard, sixth] Lord 
[Viscount] Fitzwilliams has given orders for 1,000 yards of 
cloth to be bought in this city, and distributed among the poor 
of both sexes, on his lordship's estate. A noble example ! 
and worthy of imitation by the great and opulent." — 
Dublin Gazette, 7 th February. 

1758. " Sunday, Aug. 27. This and the preceding day the 
Rt. Hon. the Lord Mayor [Alderman Thomas Meade] 
and High Sheriffs [Messrs. Michael Sweny and William 
Forbes], attended by the high and petty constables and a 
party of the army, went to Donneybrook Fair, and staid 
there till night each day, by which means his lordship 
preserved the peace, and prevented the many riots and 
disorders which frequently happen at said Fair, to the 
great terror of the inhabitants and other persons who 
resort thereto." — Pue's Occurrences, 29th August. 

1759. Donny brook Castle (see p. 169) was demolished 
this year, its site being occupied by another building, 
which was known for many years by the same name, and 
is now a nunnery. See p. 92, where (as mentioned in p. 
320, ».) one building has been mistaken for the other. 

1760. Died 3rd May, " in Stephen-street [Dublin], the 
Rev d John Owen, M.A., Curate of Donny brook Church, 
and one of the Minor Canons of St Patrick's Cathedral 
[appointed 24th December, 1754] : a young gentleman, 
whose many virtues render his death deservedly regretted 
by all his acquaintance." (Skater's Public Gazetteer, 6th 
May, and Dublin Gazette, 10th of same month.) Pro- 
bably the same as " John Owens," who was elected a 



416 APPENDIX III. 



Scholar of Trinity College, Dublin, in 1750, and graduated 
M.A. in 1755. 

1761. "At night [Sunday] two men in a chaise and their 
driver were drowned in attempting to pass Donnybrook 
river. The carriage was found near Eingsend.'' — Sleater's 
Public Gazetteer, 17th October. 

1763. In the violent storm on Saturday, 12th March, which 
did so much damage in the Bay, several vessels were 
wrecked on the Piles. " In the evening a party of the 
army went to the Piles to save the wrecks from being 
plundered by the country people, who inhumanly avail 
themselves in such melancholy scenes of distress, by 
seizing whatever they can come at — a crime that cer- 
tainly deserves the most exemplary punishment." — lb. 15th 
March. 

1763. Died 6th April, " at Donnybrook, aged 106, Mr. Chris- 
topher Wise, farmer." — Exshaw's Magazine, 1763, p. 
240 ; and Sleaters Public Gazetteer, 9th April. 

1763. " Thursday morning [22nd September] about eight 
o'clock, the Dorset yacht, convoyed by one of His Majesty's 
ships of war, arrived in the Bay, having on board the 
[munificent] Earl [soon after the first Duke] of North- 
umberland, Lord Lieutenant of this kingdom, his Coun- 
tess, Lord Wark worth [afterwards second Duke], and the 
Hon. Algernon Percy, Esq. [afterwards Earl of Beverley]. 
They landed amidst the acclamations of the people, at 
Rings-end, and spent some time at the Surveyor's house ; 
whence his Excellency, with his sons, proceeded in the 
Lord Primate's coach, and the Countess in the Speaker's 
coach, with the usual solemnity, escorted by a squadron 
of horse, and accompanied by several of the nobility and 
gentry, to the Castle, where his Excellency was sworn 
into the government of this kingdom." (Sleater's Public 
Gazetteer, 24th September.) " His Excellency the Lord 
Lieutenant has been graciously pleased to order the sum 
of ten pounds to be distributed among the poor of Eings- 
end." (lb. 8th October.) In this year shillings to the 
amount of £100 were struck for the purpose of being dis- 
tributed amongst the populace, when the Earl of Northum- 
berland made his first public appearance in Dublin, as 
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, from which circumstance they 
still go by the name of Northumberland shillings. They 



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have the King's bust in profile to the right, hair long, 
laureate ; in armour, with a slight drapery fastened on the 
shoulder by a brooch ; Georgivs III. Dki Gratia. Re- 
verse in type and legend, exactly like the shillings of his 
grandfather. These pieces are dated 1763, and are rare. 
See Pinkerton's " Medals," vol. ii. p. 72, 2nd edit. ; 
Leake's " Account of English Money," p. 4 ; Ruding's 
11 Coinage," vol. ii. p. 84 ; and Hawkins's " Silver Coins," 
p. 244 Notes and Queries, 4th S. ii. 300. 

1764. " Next Monday the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor 
[Alderman William Forbes], attended by the city officers, 
will throw the dart at the Black-rock, according to 
triennial custom." (Sleater's Public Gazetteer, 4th 
August.) A correspondent in Notes and Queries, 3rd 
S. iv. 244, has fallen into a mistake regarding the place 
where the Lord Mayor of Dublin used in former days to 
" throw the dart." Bullock was not the place, being far 
beyond his bounds ; but Blackrock (which lies between 
Dublin and Kingstown), as appears, for example, from the 
foregoing advertisement in an old Dublin nawspaper. 

1764. "Saturday morning [the 4th], was unfortunately 
drowned as he was bathing near Ringsend, John Bury, 
Esq., who succeeded to a considerable estate on the death 
of his uncle, the Earl of Charleville." (Sleaters Public 
Gazetteer, 7th August.) This was John Bury, Esq., 
eldest son of VVilliam Bury, Esq., of Shannon, by Jane, 
daughter of John Moore, first Baron Tullamore. He was born 
1st November, 1725; married Catharine, second daughter 
and co-heiress of Francis Sadlier, E*q., of Sopwell Hall, 
in the county of Tipperary ; succeeded, as above stated, 
his uncle, Charles Moore, Earl of Charleville, 17th February, 
1764, when the earldom and barony became extinct ; and 
left an only son, Charles William, born 30th June, 1764, 
who was created Baron Tmlamore, Viscount Charleville, 
and Earl of Charleville, 1797-1806. Mention of his 
birth, and of the consequent rejoicings, may be found in 
the Gazetteer, 7th July, 1764. 

1765. Particulars of the landing of his Excellency the Earl 
of Hertford, Lord Lieutenant, at Ringsend, are given in 
Skater's Public Gazetteer, 19th October. 

1765. " One of our favourite summer walks about 1765, was 
to Ringsend, to eat cockles at a very good tavern, the sign 

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418 APPENDIX III. 



of the Highlander, and to play billiards at a Mrs. Sherlock's, 
the price two pence a game to the table. The owner of 
the billiard table always remained in the room, as she was 
herself the marker, and giver of judgment when appealed 
to. She was sister to the Sherlock [also of Ringsend], 
who many years before had been victor in every broad- 
sword contest of consequence, at a time when the skilful 
management of that weapon was considered of importance 
in London. A highly distinguished military commander, 
and patron of the art, or, as it was then called, the science 
of defence, not much liking the idea of Sherlock being 
winner of all the stage-fought laurels, imported into Lon- 
don from the Continent a grand broad-sword player, of 
the name of Figg, and the word now was ' a Figg for the 
Liffey boy.' Emulation arose to animosity, and on the 
day of trial the place of action was thronged by both civil 
and military. Expectation and bets ran high, but mostly 
in favour of the foreign champion. The two combatants 
on the stage, their swords drawn : Sherlock shook hands 
with his opponent, and said, ' Mynheer Figg, guard it as 
well as you can, I'll cut off the third button of your coat.' 
To it they went, the foreigner parried, yet Sherlock, 
with the admirable sleight of his art, had the third 
button on the point of his sword. 'Now,' said he, *I 
have been told, and I believe it, that, under this show 
of a mere contest for skill at our weapon, you intend to 
put a finish to me at once. I have proved to you that 
I could take your third button, and now, if you choose, 
I'll take your upper button ; so guard your head.' While 
his antagonist was endeavouring to guard his head, 
Sherlock's sword took a little slice off the calf of his leg, 
and thus, by the terms of the encounter, Sherlock, having 
drawn the first blood, was declared conqueror. Thousands 
of guineas were sported upon this broad-sword match." — 
" Recollections of John O'Keeffe" (London, 1826), vol. i. 
pp. 135-137. 

1766. Died "at Ringsend, Jane Bainham, aged 106."— 
Shelter's Public Gazetteer, 1st February. 

1766. " Monday, March 3rd, Peter M'Kinley, Andres Zeck- 
erman, George Gidley, and Richard St, Quintin, four 
pirates, who inhumanly murdered Captains Cochran and 
Glass, on board the Sandwich, were executed near St. 
Stephen's Green, Dublin ; they were convicted on Saturday, 



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419 



the 1st of March, in the King's Bench, before the Worship- 
ful Robert Fitzgerald, Esq., Judge of the Admiralty Court, 
and other judges in Commission ; their bodies were after- 
wards hung in chains, two on the Piles below the 
Block-house in Poolbeg, and the other two on the new 
Wall below Maccarell's Wharf : the latter are to be 
removed to a prominence on Dalkey Island, being too near 
the city, and in a passage much frequented by the citizens." 
(Fitzgerald's "Cork Remembrancer," p. 109, Cork, 1783.) 
" Monday, April 7, Peter M'Kinley and George Gidley, 
pirates, were brought in a boat from the South Wall to the 
Rocks called the Muglins, near Dalkey Island, where they 
were put up. It is said the gibbet and irons are the 
compleatest ever made in this kingdom." (Pue's Occur- 
rences, 12th April.) In the Irish Times, 7th August, 
1868, Mr. James J. Gaskin, of Dublin, published a long 
letter on this subject, headed " Supposed Execution of 
Pirates on Dalkey Island and the Mugglin Rocks " ; and 
in the same newspaper, four days later, a letter from 
"T. H." appeared, giving a singular account of the life and 
sudden death of another of this gang of pirates. The 
murdered Captain Glass was son of the founder of the sect 
of the Glas.sites. See also Gaskin's " Varieties of Irish 
History" (Dublin, 1869), pp. 376-381. With reference 
to Fitzgerald and his " Cork Remembrancer," the late 
Mr. Crofton Croker has observed : — " I have been told 
that the author of this singular chronicle made a point 
of being present at the death of every criminal whose 
exit he has recorded, and he generally marched in the 
procession from the gaol to the gallows ; on one occasion 
it is reported of Mr. Fitzgerald, that, being confined to 
his bed by a severe illness, he actually petitioned the 
judge to postpone an execution, until he was sufficiently 
recovered to become a spectator."-—" Researches in the 
South of Ireland " (London, 1824), p. 184. 

1766. Died " Sunday last, at his house at the Black Rock, 
of an apoplectic fit, after eating a hearty dinner, Lieuten- 
ant-General John Adlercron, Colonel of the 39th regiment 
of foot." (Pue's Occurrences, 29th July.) A few bio- 
graphical particulars of him are given in Notes and 
Queries, 3rd S. iv. 383. 

1767. "Jan. 14. The brig Henry, Captain Rathburn, from 
London, was forced on the south side of the Piles in 



420 APPENDIX III. 



Poolbeg. Of her crew, which consisted of thirteen, only 
three were brought off alive, as the others were carried 
away by the violence of the sea, or perished through the 
inclemency of the weather." {Exshaw's Magazine, 1767, p. 
126.) This is one of the many recorded wrecks in the 
same quarter. 

1767. " Mon. 13 [June]. Was laid the last coping-stone of 
the new Light-house, erected at the extreme point of the 
South piles in Poolbeg ; this is a work of the highest utility, 
tending to the prosperity and increase of commerce, and to 
the preservation of her hardy sons, who lead her through 
every clime ; less we should not do for them, who in ease 
enjoy the sweets of their adventurous undertakings. This 
pile of building is a lasting testimony of the ability, no less 
in design than execution, of the undertaker, Mr. John 
Smith." (Exshaw's Magazine, 1767, p. 450.) "This 
work, the commencement of which we have already men- 
tioned, was lighted up the 29th of September, 1767. Its 
use is evident to those who are acquainted with the danger 
of the harbour of Dublin : the undertaker and projector 
is the ingenious Mr. Smith, whose ability in design, and 
integrity in execution, does him great honour ; and could 
we be equally successful in the other public works in the 
kingdom, particularly our navigations, we should not be 
so sarcastically dealt with as we are by strangers that 
come amongst us, but with how much equity let these 
works declare." — lb. p. 650. 

1767. In this year was published "A Brief Account of the 
Hibernian Nursery [at Ringsend] for the Support and 
Education of the Orphans and Children of Mariners only ; 
with the Present State of that Charitable Institution, 
which the Governors think their Duty to lay before the 
Public." For full particulars, see pp. 330-332. 

1769. In the " List of the Absentees of Ireland " (published 
this year in Dublin), Richard, sixth Viscount Fitzwilliam 
appears amongst those " who live generally abroad, and 
visit Ireland occasionally, for a very short time j " his estate 
being valued at £4,000 per annum. 

1769. Bush, in p. 25 of his " Hibernia Curiosa" (published 
this year in London), gives a very rude representation 
of what he describes as " the drollest and most diverting 
kind of conveyance for your genteel and ungenteel parties 



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of pleasure . . . the Chaise-marine, which is nothing 
less or more than any common carr with one horse. A 
simple kind of carriage, constructed with a pair of wheels, 
or thin round blocks, of about 20 inches in diameter, an 
axle, and two shafts, which, over the axle, are spread out 
a little wider than by the sides of the horse, and framed 
together with cross pieces, in such manner as to be nearly 
in a level position for three or four feet across the axle. 
. . A sketch of the figure and construction of one of these 
carrs I have here given ; and, when used for the parties of 
pleasure, on the level part is laid a mat, for the common- 
alty, and for the genteeler sort of people a bed is put on 
this; and half-a-dozen gets on, two behind and two on 
each side, and away they drive, with their feet not above 
six inches from the ground as they sit, on little pleasure- 
jaunts of three or four or half-a-dozen miles out of town ; 
and are the most sociable carriages in use, for ten or a 
dozen will take one of these chaise-marines, and ride it by 
turns, the rate being seldom, in such cases, more than foot- 
pace. I assure you they are the drollest, merriest curricles 
you ever saw. We were infinitely diverted at meeting 
many of these feather-bed chaise-marine parties, on the 
Sunday that we landed, coming out of town [by the Black- 
rock-road] as we went to it from Dunlary [now Kings- 
town]." 

1770. Died " in Nassau-street [Dublin], the Rev. Theophilus 
Brocas, D.D., Dean of Killala [see pp. 77, 170], one of the 
Vice-Presidents of the Dublin Society, whose death is an 
important loss to the kingdom, as his life was devoted to 
the service of the publick in promoting the true interest of 
this country." (Pue's Occurrences, 21st April.) The fol- 
lowing inscription is on his tombstone in St. Anne's church- 
yard, Dublin : — " Here lyeth the body of the Rev d 
Theophilus Brocas, D.D., Dean of Killala, who departed 
this life on the 17th day of April, 1770, and in the 64th 
year of his age." 

1770. " Friday, June 8. The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor 
[Alderman Sir Thomas Blackhall], who is most inde- 
fatigable in his office, visited the bakers and sellers of 
bread in Donnybrook, BallVBridge, Booterstown, the 
Black Rock, Irishtown, and Ringsend, and seized a large 
quantity of bread, defective in quality and weight, which 
his lordship distributed among the poor." (Pile's Occur- 



422 APPENDIX III. 



rences, 12th June.) The old mode of punishing dishonest 
bakers in Dublin, as recorded in Pembridge's " Annals of 
Ireland" (published by Camden), was good, and at the 
same time more humane than that of the ancient Egyptians, 
who were wont to bake such persons in their own ovens : 
— " MCCCX. The bakers of Dublin were punish'd after 
a new way for false weights ; for, on S. Sampson the 
Bishop's day, they were drawn upon hurdles, at the horses' 
tails, along the streets of the city." From " Munimenta 
Gildhallae Londoniensis," vol. ii. part i. (edited by Henry 
Thomas Riley* Esq., London, 1859-1862), we learn in 
what year fraudulent bakers were first drawn on the 
hurdle: — " Isto anno [10 Edw. I.] pistores Londoniarum 
primo fuerunt tractati super claias, per Henricum le 
Waleis." Facing the title-page of vol. iii. of the same 
work there is a facsimile of a rough sketch of " a Baker 
drawn on the Hurdle, with the faulty loaf attached to his 
neck, temp. Edw. I.," as taken from the Assisa Panis, 

21 Edw. I 16 Hen. VI., preserved at Guildhall ; and 

there are likewise rough sketches of a Baker at the Oven, 
temp. Edw. I. ; of the Pillory, 1 Edw, III. ; and of the 
Pillory, 6 Rich. II. 

1770. "Yesterday, the Right Hon. Sir Thomas Blackhall, 
Lord Mayor, and Kilner Swettenham and Anthony [soon 
after Sir Anthony] King, Esqrs., Sheriffs, attended by the 
Masters, Wardens, and Brethren of 16 of the Corporations, 
perambulated the liberties and franchises of this city 
according to triennial custom. Though the number which 
rode was less than usual, that deficiency was amply com- 
pensated by the general uniformity, and richness of the 
clothing of each Corporation, which, with the number of 
carriages (whereon were exhibited several of the arts and 
manufactures), rich furniture, and equipage, made a most 
elegant and splendid appearance." (Freeman's Journal, 
16th August.) The above-named Sir Anthony King died 
1st September, 1787, and was buried at St. Audoen's, 
Dublin, where there is an inscription over his grave. In 
Gilbert's " History of the City of Dublin," vol. i. p. 315, 
it i3 stated that " among the many respectable and 
wealthy traders who resided in Cook-street before the 
termination of the eighteenth century, when it became 
the Libilina of Dublin, was Sir Anthony King, an eccen- 
tric brazier, Lord Mayor of the city in 1778, having been 



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previously knighted while Sheriff for the courage which 
he displayed in capturing a fugitive felon, whom he pur- 
sued through the subterranean and noisome recesses of 
the Poddle water-course." 

1771. " The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor [Alderman George 
Reynolds] and Sheriffs [Messrs. Blen. Grove and Anthony 
Perrier] went to Ringsend, and took down several tents, 
and likewise put a stop to the horse-racing intended to be 
there during this w r eek." — Puds Occurrences, 7th Septem- 
ber. 

1772. " I am informed that on the estate of Lord Fitzwilliam, 
under Lady Arabella Denny's garden [at Blackrock], a 
vein of lead ore hath lately been observed, of some inches 
thick, by Patrick Hyland, miner." — Rutty's "Natural 
History of the County of Dublin '' (Dublin, 1772), vol. ii. 
p. 140. 

1775. In the Visitation- returns from Donnybrook, for the 
years 1775-1799 (for which period no parish-register is 
forthcoming), 125 baptisms, 42 marriages, and 1310 burials 
are recorded. See pp. 138, 269, 284-288. 

1777. Died September 12th, "at the Blackrock, County 
Dublin, universally lamented, Edward Murphy, Esq. 
He was allowed to be one of the best classical scholars in 
Europe ; and the hospitality, humanity, and public spirit 
which he constantly exercised, would not disgrace the 
most illustrious of his ancestors, who were formerly kings 
of Leinster." — Exshavfs Magazine, 1777, p. 632. 

1778. " Wednesday at noon the Fame privateer was 
launched from Mr. King's yard at Ringsend, in sight of 
many thousands of spectators, whom the curiosity of seeing 
so beautiful a vessel had drawn thither. It is thought 
by many experienced mariners, who have viewed her, that 
she will be the fleetest sailer ever built at this place, so 
celebrated for some years for constructing swift-going 
vessels. She is carvel-built from her bearing upwards, 
and is to have at her head a large and noble figure of 
Fame, resting her trumpet on the top of the prow or cut- 
water, which, as well as the figure, is to be enriched to 
the water's edge with elegant carvings." — Cork Evening 
post, 14th September ; and Exshaw's Magazine, 1778, 
p. 536. 



424 APPENDIX III. 



1780. In this year a " View of the [Poolbeg] Lighthouse 
in the Harbour of Dublin " was published in London, 
with a dedication " to the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, 
Aldermen, Sheriffs, Commons, and Citizens, of the city of 
Dublin, by their fellow-citizen and humble servant, J. 
Fisher." 

1782. " In this village [Donnybrook], which is within the 
jurisdiction of the city, and about a mile from town, is an 
handsome church [not now standing], generally called 

St. Mary's, Donnybrook This 

[Blackrock] is a noble village, situated about three miles 
from the north-east corner of Stephen's Green, on a rising 
ground south of the bay of Dublin ; it consists of a con- 
siderable number of elegant country-houses, and in summer 
is much resorted to by the citizens for the purpose of 
bathing. In fine evenings it is as much crowded with 
carriages as the most populous streets in the city ; and as 
there is a number of genteel families residing here at this 
season of the year, they have drums and assemblies as in 
town, whereby it is very sprightly and agreeable to such 
as have nothing to do." (Walkers Hibernian Magazine, 
1783, p. 239.) Donnybrook Church, it is right to ob- 
serve, was not a " handsome " structure ; and it is a ques- 
tion whether Blackrock was at this date " a noble village." 

1783. In the " List of |the Absentees of Ireland," published 
this year in Dublin (pp. 124), Eichard, seventh Viscount 
Fitzwilliam appears amongst those "who, having estates 
in Ireland, spend the same abroad ;" his estate being valued 
at £5,000 per annum. 

1785. Thomas Charlton, Esq., gave in this year £1,000, in 
1786 £2,000, and in 1787 a portion of £1,622 15s. 
(the names of the other donors not appearing), to the 
Hospital for Incurables, Donnybrook. (" Report of Com- 
missioners on Charitable Institutions, Dublin, 1842," 
p. 126.) See p. 385. 

1787. A duel took place at Donnybrook, 28th April, be- 
tween Counsellor Hutchinson, third son of the Provost of 
Trinity College, Dublin, and Lord Mountmorres, when the 
latter was wounded. (Gentleman's Magazine, 1789, 
part i. p. 446.) See p. 183. " To preserve the picture 
of these times for the benefit of the historian, fortune 
placed Sir Jonah Barrington in a good social, legal, and 



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parliamentary position. Nature had kindly made him 
without reticence or shame. Nothing in his 'Sketches' 
is more incredible than some things which are certainly 
true, such as the catalogue of duels fought [generally not 
far from Donnybrook] by eminent legal and official per- 
sonages, in which figure the Lord Chancellor, three Chief 
Justices, several Judges, and the Provost of the University 
of Dublin." — Goldwin Smith's " Irish History and Irish 
Character" (Oxford, 1861), p. 164. 

1787. " The effect apprehended from erecting a new Custom- 
bouse out of town (that of altering the site of the city) 
begins to appear. It is reported with confidence that all 
the ground on the south side of the river Liffey, from the 
Marine School [on Sir John Rogerson's-quay] to the Point 
[of Ringsend], has been taken for the purpose of imme- 
diately building on. By this means a junction will be 
nearly effected with the town of Ringsend, and the inevi- 
table consequence must be that the west end of the town 
will be depopulated. The fluctuation of property caused 
by this must be very great." — Dublin Chronicle, 19th 
May. 

1787. In Lewis's " Dublin Guide," published this year, there 
is the following notice of Donnybrook, p. 123 : — " A large 
and pleasant village, two miles from the castle of Dublin, 
and much frequented by the citizens of Dublin, on account 
of the good accommodations to be had here, parti- 
cularly at the two principal Tea-houses, one at the 
sign of the Rose [see p. 72], at the entrance of the place, 
and the other a little further on, kept by Mrs. Darby. 
There is also here a public-house kept by Mr. Madden, 
noted for its good accommodations in general, and its 
Wicklow ale in particular ; of which last we give this 
encomium ex -tempore — 

4 If you are well, drink much of Wicklow ale ; 
If you are ill, drink much, and you'll be hale ; 
For Wicklow ale these strong effects can boast, 
Sound health it strengthens, and restores health lost.' " 

The same writer refers at some length, in p. 229, to the 
destruction of Ringsend-bridge, which had occurred in 
1782 [see p. 81], and adds: — '.* Rings-End, Lord Chester- 
field observed on his first arrival in the bay of Dublin [in 
1745], is a Bull, near the North Bull. His lordship knew 
not the derivation of the word. The Bull, or blunder, is 



426 APPENDIX III. 



not in the name, but in the perversion of it. The true 
name in Irish is Rin-Aun, which signifies the point of the 
tide ; a name very descriptive of the situation of the place 
[see pp. 53, 54]. In process of time, however, when the 
language was almost forgot, the name was still preserved, 
but corrupted and Anglicised ; and Rin-Aun, by an easy 
change, was made Ringsend. For this remark I am 
obliged to Dr. O'Halloran, of Limerick, whose letter to 
me, on my publications relative to Ireland, is now before 
me. [For another derivation of " Ringsend," see p. 330, n.] 
Ringsend was greatly frequented some years ago, but is 
now in a melancholy situation. It appears like a town 
that has experienced the calamities of war, that has been 
sacked by an enemy, and felt the depredations of all- 
conquering Time. There are, however, some good places 
of entertainment for the accommodation of the citizens of 
Dublin and strangers who visit it ; among which the 
tavern on the right hand of the place where the bridge 
stood, kept by Harrison, ranks the foremost." 

1787. " Mount Merrion — the seat of Lord Viscount Fitz- 
william, and inhabited by the Right Hon. John Fitzgibbon, 
Attorney- General." (Lewis' "Dublin Guide," 1787, p. 
186.) Mount Merrion House is not within the bounds 
of the parish of Booterstown, but on the verge of it, and in 
the parish of Taney ; and therefore a mistake has been made 
in p. 182. 

1788. The Rev. Peter Richard Clinch (see pp. 154, 189) 
appointed Roman Catholic clergyman of Irishtown and 
Donnybrook. " Fr. Peter Clinch, the immediate prede- 
cessor of the learned and Rev. Dr. Finn, P.P. of Irishtown, 
outside the city, at the south side, who was ordained for, 
and at once appointed [Roman Catholic] pastor of that 
parish in 1770 [1788.] He was brother to Counsellor 
Clinch, and died very young, highly respected, in 1793 
[1792], by the accidental blow of an oar, which broke 
his jaw. A fine portrait of this esteemed ecclesiastic is 
kept in the family." (Battersby's M Brief Biographic 
Sketches of the Jesuits in Dublin," etc., p. 83, n. t Dublin, 
1854.) As stated by one who has supplied particulars of 
the Roman Catholic institutions of Donnybrook, u there 
is not any record of the succession of Parish Priests. We 
cannot, on authority, fill the gap between the Rev. P. 



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Gillmore [see p. 160] and the Rev. P. R. Clinch. I have 
reason, however, to suppose that a Mr. Nicholson was Mr. 
Clinch's predecessor." It appears from the Visitation- 
return for the year, that " Father Field" was buried at 
Donnybrook or Ringsend, 20th March, 1784 [see p. 286], 
In the Roman Catholic arrangement, this parish is 
known as that of Irishtown and Donnybrook, and com- 
prises also portions of the parishes of St. Peter and Taney. 

1788. "The bar of this [Dublin] harbour is very incom- 
modious, but the entrance into the harbour, being at least 
eight miles from Dublin city, is extremely beautiful and 
picturesque, diversified with hills and promontories on 
either hand, exhibiting a very spacious amphitheatre, 
bounded by a high shore, and said to be exceeded in 
grandeur by none, except the bay of Naples, to whose su- 
periority of view Mount Vesuvius does not a little con- 
tribute. The country all round is sprinkled with white 
villas. From the entrance the Light-house or Pigeon- 
house on the south side of the harbour appears to great 
advantage ; at a little distance from it is Irish Town (two 
miles distant from Dublin), to which place the dyke from 
that city reaches ; and which, when carried on to the 
extent proposed, will considerably increase the quantity 
of marsh ground already retrieved from the bay, at the 
bottom of which the river Liffey discharges itself." ("The 
Complete Irish Traveller," vol. i, p. 31, London, 1788.) 
" A View of the Light House in Dublin Harbour," and one 
of " Ringsend and Irishtown, from Belmont, near Mil- 
town," are given in the volume. 

1788. "The engineers of the Grand Canal Company have 
been these some days seeking a level at the south side of 
this city, for the purpose of effecting a communication 
between Sandymount and the Grand Canal." — Dublin 
Chronicle, 21st June. 

1789. " The new or stonebridge at Ringsend being now 
just completed, the wooden bridge will be disposed of, 
in order to reimburse the overseers who built it, for money 
they have advanced. It is about 120 feet long. . . . 
Application to be made to Messrs. Reid and Roe, in Rings- 
end."— lb. 23rd May. 

1790. "A fine road is now undertaking from the Low 



428 APPENDIX III. 



Ground, Ringsend, along the strand, directly to the Black- 
rock." — lb. 2nd October. 

1792. For a biographical sketch of Lady Arabella Denny, 
who died " at her house at the Blackrock," 18th March, 
see pp. 231-237. 

1792. For particulars of the City Procession to Blackrock, 
"i:o congratulate his Excellency the Marquis Townshend 
[? the Earl of Westmorland], who had arrived at Mr. 
Lees' at the Blackrock on Saturday evening last," the 4th, 
see the Dublin Chronicle, 9th August. This mansion had 
been taken for the Lord Lieutenant, as stated in the same 
newpaper, loth May, 1788 : — " We hear that Mr. Lees' 
beautiful seat at the Blackrock [now occupied by Thomas 
Vance, Esq., J. P., Chairman of the Blackrock Township 
Commissioners] is taken, for the summer season, for the 
residence of the Most Noble Marquis of Buckingham and 
family." And in the same, 23rd of October of same 
year, we are informed that " on Tuesday the Marquis and 
Marchioness of Buckingham came to town from the Lodge 
at the Rock, and after dining at the Castle, went in the 
evening, attended by their suite, to the Royal Hospital at 
Kilmainham, where they are to reside for the winter 
season." The secret departure of the Marquis in 1789 
was from this quarter, as mentioned in the " Life and 
Times of the Right Hon. Henry Grattan " (London, 
1839), vol. iii. p. 416. 

1793. The Rev. Charles Joseph Finn, D.D. (see p. 205), 
appointed Roman Catholic clergyman of Irishtown and 
Donnybrook, 6th April, on the death of Mr. Clinch, who 
had been appointed in 1788 ; and dying 29th June, 1849, 
was buried in Golden Bridge Cemetery, near Dublin. Dr. 
Finn was an accomplished scholar, and much given to 
study. He had highly distinguished himself in the Uni- 
versity of Louvaine, and was urged to accept the profes- 
sorship of Hebrew there, but declined. During his time, 
and by his means, St. Mary's Roman Catholic Chapel, 
Haddington- road, Dublin (within the limits of his parish), 
was erected. 

1793. " Judge Hellen [see p. 190] departed this life at Don- 
nybrook, July 23rd, 1793, deservedly lamented by a nu- 
merous acquaintance. His virtues, public and social, were 
of the most distinguished kind : few men possessed a more 



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cultivated taste : his library was one of the best in the 
kingdom ; and his collection of paintings and antiques 
was equally beautiful and interesting. In his judicial ca- 
pacity he united the urbanity of the gentleman with pro- 
found legal knowledge. Whenever he presided in a criminal 
court, his patient investigation of truth, and the natural 
clemency of his disposition, equally tilled all who heard 
him with respect and admiration. May his successors on 
the bench imitate him in dispensing justice with a steady, 
firm, yet gentle hand ; and receive, as he did, the united 
applause of all!" (Seymour's " Memoirs of Miss Brooke," 
p. 124.) To him, with others, Miss Brooke, in the preface 
to her " Rehques of Irish Poetry," acknowledges herself 
indebted for valuable assistance in the compilation and 
translation of that work. 

1793. In the Sentimental and Masonic Magazine (August, 
1793), vol. iii. p. 104, there is a short description of 
Vauxhall, near Blackrock (of which mention has been 
made in p. 190). "with an elegant View of the Here of 
the House and Gardens, from the Sea." The description 
is as follows : — "This place, which is opened with every 
advantage of situation, commands a beautiful view of the 
sea, harbour, and shipping, from the rere. It is built upon 
a steep declivity over the sea, about three miles from 
Dublin ; the ground is planted with taste, and divided into 
dark walks, with seats and alcoves for the entertainment 
of the company. A good band performs in the gardens 
every Tuesday and Thursday, which, with the very re- 
gular attentions of the proprietor, Mr. Mayne, has rendered 
it a place of much fashionable resort. The house, which 
belonged to Mr. Trevor [ ? Travers], is extremely well 
furnished, much beyond the customary style of our publie 
places. Indeed, it would be much for the advantage of 
the owner, if he instituted a genteel Sunday ordinary, at 
a reasonable rate, as there is not one at present in the 
Rock, or on the road to it, and there is no such thing as 
getting a chance dinner, but at a very exorbitant rate, 
and not often of the best provisions. VVe flatter ourselves 
this hint will not be thrown away." The hou>e (for many 
years past styled ElmclirT) is now "TheMe«th Protestant 
Industrial School for Boys," established in 1871. 

1793. For a copy of one hundred and eiuht lines relative to 
Donnybrook Fair, entitled " Connor and Phelim ; or, The 



430 APPENDIX III. 



Triumph of Shillella," and "illustrated with an elegant 
engraving," see the Sentimental and Masonic Magazine 
(September, 1793), vol. iii. pp. 259-261. 

1794. In this year Walter Wade, M.D., published an 8vo. 
volume, entitled " Catalogus Systematicus Plantarum In- 
digenarum in Comitatu Dubliniensi Inventarum," in which 
frequent mention is made of places within these parishes. 
For mention of Dr. Wade, see p. 284. 

1794. The "Rev. Mr. Nicholson," Roman Catholic clergy- 
man of Booterstown, Blackrock, and Dundrum, was buried 
at Donnybrook or Ringsend, 26th October (Visitation- 
return) ; but in what year he had been appointed, or by 
whom preceded, has not been ascertained. The Rev. 
Thomas Connolly, a Franciscan friar, and " a preacher of 
great celebrity," succeeded him ; and dying in October, 
1811, was buried on the 22nd (Donnybrook Parish Re- 
gister). There is an oil-painting of him in the vestry of 
Booterstown Chapel. He has been honourably mentioned 
in Dr. Madden's " United Irishmen ; their Lives and 
Times," Second Series (Dublin, 1858), pp. 268, 386. No 
record of the succession of Roman Catholic clergymen 
before Mr. Nicholson can be found ; nor is there any proof 
of the union of Booterstown and Donnybrook, though it 
might be inferred from what has been stated of Mr. Gill- 
more in p. 160. In the Roman Catholic arrangement the 
parish is known as that of Booterstown, Blackrock, and 
Dundrum, and comprises the parish of Booterstown, with 
portions of the parishes of Donnybrook, Taney, Monks- 
town, and Stillorgan. 

1795. Particulars of the departure of his Excellency Earl 
Fitzwilliam from the Pigeon-house (see p. 83) may be 
found in the Sentimental and Masonic Magazine, vol. vi. 
p. 286. 

1796. For art account of the opening of the Grand Canal 
Docks, Ringsend, 23rd April, see pp. 332, 333. 

1796. The Rev. Richard Daniel bequeathed £500 to the 
Hospital for Incurables, Donnybrook. («* Report of Com- 
missioners on Charitable Institutions, Dublin, 1842," p. 
126.) In 1808, Archbishop Agar promoted a bill for 
securing the estates and funds devised by Mr. Daniel, in 
trust to apply the profits for the relief of the poor of St. 



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Luke's parish, Dublin, the support of the Hospital for 
Incurables, and other charitable institutions, etc. (D'Al- 
ton's " Memoirs of the Archbishops of Dublin,'' p. 351.) 
Seep. 394. 

1798. In Dr. Madden's M United Irishmen ; their Lives aud 
Times," First Series (Dublin, 1857), p. 526, there is the 
following list of " Donnybrook Hurlers," taken from the 
original memorandum in Major Sirr's handwriting, which 
is deposited, with his other papers, in Trinity College 
Library : — John Madden, Peter Madden, Win. Dowdall, 
James Alley burn, Thomas Hyland, David Fitzgerald, 
Richard Scallan, Pat Burke, — White, — M'Cabe, John 
Allen, John Kearney, Stafford Donnellan, Eugene 
M'Mahon, John Bawes, Henry Fairfield, John Fairfield, 
Batty Donnellan, — Holland, sen., Philip Long, James 
Germain, Michael Meighan, George Ward, — M'Namara, 
Nolan, Richardson, Sir Thomas Lighton, Bart., and seven- 
teen others. Of the above-named, Messrs. John and 
Peter Madden (sons of Mr. Joseph Madden, of Don- 
nybrook, to whose wife a silver cup, of which further 
mention is here made, and which has been photographed, 
was presented), Dowdall, Alleyburn, Fitzgerald (whose 
son now sits on the judicial bench), M'Cabe (informer), 
Allen (afterwards a colonel in the French service), 
M'Mahon, and Long, " were United Irishmen, and in 1803 
associates, and something more, of Robert Emmet." For 
some time after the formation of their club, which took 
place towards the close of the last century, the Donny- 
brook Hurlers were non-political, of different grades and 
religions ; but in " 1798 the club was certainly looked on 
as composed of persons not in the odour of loyalty, 
at least with Major Sirr ; and, no doubt, some of 
them, who were ' vehemently suspected of divers treasons,' 
were not wronged by the suspicion. " In Dr. Madden's 
possession is the cup referred to, eight inches high, and 
weighing thirty-six ounces, with this inscription : — " Pre- 
sented to Mrs. E. Madden by the Donnybrook Hurlers, 
a mark of their respect and gratitude." The inscription 
surrounds the device of a man in the act of hurling ; and 
on the reverse of the cup is the coat of arms of the Madden 
family, with the motto, " Fide et Fortitudine." 

1793. Died at Williamstown, 1st May, Lieutenant- General 



432 APPENDIX III. 



James Stewart Gentleman's Magazine, 1798, part i. 

p. 446. 

1801. Messrs. Sotheby, Wilkinson, and Hodge, of London, 
sold the following Lot, 21st February, 1865 :— " 328. 
Dublin and Neighbourhood. A Collection of 44 Original 
Sketches of Celebrated Residences, among which are 
several in Phoenix Park, the Salmon Leap, Donnybrook, 
Milltown Bridge, others on the road to Lucan, &c, all by 
J. C. Nattes in 1801, with autograph." 

1801. Hall Lamb, Esq. (see p. 125), of the city of Dublin, 
by will dated 20th February, 1798, amongst other lega- 
cies for charitable purposes, bequeathed £20 to " the 
Minister and Churchwardens of the Parish of Donnybrook, 
to be by them distributed to the poor objects resident 
within that parish, ;" and £100 to the Hibernian 
Marine Nursery, near Ringsend. — Dublin Gazette, 3rd 
October. 

1803. William Sparrow and John Quin, Esquires, served as 
Churchwardens of the parish of Donnybrook. William 
Roberts, Esq., had served during the preceding two years. 
— Saunders's News- Letter , 9th May. 

1803. In this year a corps of yeomanry was embodied, styled 
the Dodder Rangers, and under the command of Captain 
Ashworth, of Donnybrook. 

1803. Died in September of this year, at Swanbrook, her 
residence on the Donnybrook- road, Mrs. Emmet, widow 
of Dr. Robert Emmet, of Dublin. She survived him 
about nine months, and evidently was hurried to the grave 
by what had befallen her youngest son, Robert Emmet. 
See Dr. Madden's "United Irishmen; their Lives and 
Times," Third Series, pp. 343, 463. Swanbrook was 
subsequently occupied for several years by Alderman 
Darley, an influential public character. 

1803. Robert Jephson (otherwise " J. B. Couteau''), a 
dramatic writer of considerable ability, died this year at his 
residence near Blackrock. He was a captain in the 
army, and Master of the Horse to the Lord Lieutenant 
during twelve administrations ; having been warmly be- 
friended by Wm. Gerard Hamilton, who obtained for him 
£600 a year on the Irish Establishment. His tragedy of 
" Braganza " was admired by Horace Walpole ; and he 



ANNALS. 433 



gained much credit by his " Roman Portraits." His 
" Count de Narbonne " was eminently successful. (Wat- 
kins' " Biographical Dictionary," and Wills' "Lives of 
Illustrious and Distinguished Irishmen.") See also the 
Gentleman's Magazine, 1803, part i. p. 600. 

1805. " At page 194 of your second Part your mention of 
Mrs. Flaherty's tavern at Booterstown struck me particu- 
larly, as I, but an eight-year-old at the time, was brought 
over by an uncle to a ball that was then held there, and 
my reminiscence of fashionable life on that occasion is one 
of the many, which I propose shall figure in my autobio- 
graphy. I was at that time living with my mother and 
said uncle in a house nearly opposite the tavern, which 
has been since divided into two. But in vindication of 
Mrs. Flaherty's fair fame and importance, I must say 
that in the days I allude to, she was styled Mrs. O'Fla- 
herty." — Letter from the late John D' Alton, Esq., 1st 
March, 1861. 

1807. In connexion with the calamity mentioned in pp. 
19, 52, 196, a pamphlet was published the year after 
in Dublin, entitled " The Ensanguined Strand of Mer- 
rion; or, a Stuffing for the Pillow of those who could 
have prevented the recent calamity in the Bay of Dub- 
lin" (8vo. pp. GQ). The writer styles himself " Phelim 
O'Flanagan, of the city of Dublin, Esq."; and has prefixed 
these remarks : — " Sunrise in Dublin Bay, on the 20th of 
November, 1807, exhibited a shore, whose boundary was 
marked by a terrific line of parted limbs and shattered 
bodies. The storm of the preceding day and night was 
dreadful. A trader and two crowded transports were 
driven by the tempest into the bay ; fourteen men were 
saved ; four hundred men, women, and children were lost. 
The general view appalled the most callous heart ; but the 
rigging and hold of the Rochdale were scenes of elaborate 
horror. . . . Casks and men were intermingled in 
the hold ; but the mutilations must not be detailed. This 
reference to that night of death is my only preface." 

1807. The Right Hon. Patrick Duigenan, LL.D., has been 
mentioned in pp. 87, 196. " His father for some time kept a 
small school at Donnybrook, and was chiefly indebted to the 
assistance of a Mr. Daniels [? the Rev. Richard Daniel, 
whose name appears in p. 430], for the means of supporting 

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434 APPENDIX III. 



himself there. The name he went by, at this period, was 
Dignum ; but whether the unsuccessful attempt to render it 
more euphonious was made by the father or the son, is un- 
known. The father of Lord Clare, Counsellor Fitzgibbon, 
was then living at Donnybrook, and the old schoolmaster 
became acquainted with him." (Dr, Madden's M United 
Irishmen," First Serie3, vol. ii. p. 366, London, 1842.) 
Dr. Duigenan's first wife was a Miss Cusack, who died in 
1799. He married secondly, as mentioned in p. 87, the 
widow of George Hepenstal, Esq. 

1808. Died in January, " at his house at Coldblow [near 
Donnybrook], the Rev. Thomas Lyster, D.D., aged 6Q 
years : he was a curate in the city of Dublin 44 years, in 
the parishes of St. Werburgh and St. Peter, and acted as 
Secretary to the Dublin Society for 35 years with the 
strictest integrity and assiduity." — Walker's Hibernian 
Magazine, 1808, p. 63. 

1808. Died 22nd March, the "Rev. Dr. Hayes, of Baggot- 
street [Dublin]. Having dined in company with a friend 
at Black Rock, near Dublin, on his way home he unluckily 
took the Strand as the course by which to return. Being 
dark at the time and the tide coming in, he mistook the 
usual route, and passed over, swimming his horse great 
part of the way, to the battery at the Pigeon-house, where 
he and his horse became victims to his much-regretted 
imprudence.'' — Gentleman's Magazine, 1808, part i. p. 
274. 

1808. The eminent musical composer, Michael William 
Balfe, was born, it is believed, in Donnybrook, 15th May. 
" He is the first English subject of modern times whose 
talent as a composer has been acknowledged, and whose 
works have been performed, throughout the Continent of 
Europe ; and it will be through him, and such as he is, 
whose merit is so justly appreciated abroad, that our 
countrymen will, sooner or later, be compelled to relin- 
quish the prevalent prejudice against English musical 
capability." (Imperial Dictionary of Universal Bio- 
graphy.') Mr. Balfe died at Rowney Abbey, Hereford- 
shire, 20th October, 1870, in his sixty-third year. 

1808. In a biographical sketch of Leonard MacNally, in the 
Cyclopadian Magazine, and Dublin Monthly Register 
(October, 1808), vol. ii. p. 537, there is this paragraph: 



— " The family of this gentleman [who was buried at 
Donnybrook, as mentioned in p. 125] on the paternal side 
were of Irish origin, and proprietors of the castle and lands 
of Raheboth, in the county of Dublin, as appears by a 
tombstone over the family-grave within the railing of 
the communion-table of Donnybrook Church." The stone 
has not escaped the effects of time, and now lies on the 
north-west side of the site of the building. For mention 
of William Mackenally, who was Churchwarden of Don- 
nybrook in 1641, see p. 401. 

1809. The Rev, Denis Ferrall, Master of Bushfield School, 
Donnybrook, published an 8 vo volume, entitled "A New 
System of Book-Keeping, by Double Entry," etc. (Dub- 
lin, 1809). 

1810. In " An Englishman's Descriptive Account of Dublin," 
etc., by Nathl. Jefferys, published this year in London, 
there are these particulars relative to the arrival of passen- 
gers from England at Ringsend (pp. 37-40), with a 
description of the bay of Dublin anil the Light-house : — 
" The Pigeon-house, which is situated on this [the South] 
wall, is about three miles from Dublin, and one from the 
Light-house, [and] is the customary landing-place of the 
passengers from the packets, which never go higher up 
the river, but remain in the large bason provided for their 
reception, as well as that of other vessels of a similar 
description. This bason is of an oblong form, nine hundred 
feet in length, and four hundred and fifty in breadth. The 
breadth of the pier at this place is two hundred and fifty 
feet, on which are erected a magazine, arsenal, and custom- 
house. It is a place of great strength, being surrounded 
with heavy cannon, which command the bay in various 
directions, and a guard is regularly mounted there. . . 

. . . Upon the arrival of the packets at the Pigeon- 
house, the passengers are conducted to the custom-house ; 
and it would be great injustice not to acknowledge, that 
the manner in which the examination of luggage is done 
(by giving as little trouble as possible to persons fre- 
quently fatigued by a tedious passage and sea-sickness), 
is very gratifying to strangers. As soon, however, as this 
ceremony is over, one of a less accommodating description 
takes place, which is the mode of conveying the passengers 
to Dublin in the Long Coach. This carriage is upon the 
plan of those elegant vehicles, upon low wheels, which are 



436 APPENDIX III. 



used on the road between Hyde Park-corner and Hammer- 
smith, in the neighbourhood of London; and from the 
state of its repair and external appearance, it bears every 
mark of having retired on the superannuated list, from 
that active duty, previous to its being employed upon its 
present service. This coach is generally very crowded, 
from the anxiety of the passengers to proceed to Dublin ; 
and from the manner in which some of the company may 
easily be supposed to have been passing their time on board 
the packet, — from the effect of sea- sickness, the effluvia 
arising from twelve or fourteen persons so circumstanced, 
crammed together in a very small space, like the inmates 
of Noah's ark, the clean and the unclean, is not of that 
description, which can at all entitle the long coach to be 
considered as a bed of roses. Three shillings for each 
passenger is the price of conveyance, and this is exacted 
beforehand — a mode of settling accounts, which is fre- 
quently the cause of great dissatisfaction, and which most 
certainly does not so much tend to confirm, in the mind 
of a stranger, the wide-spread reports of the hospitable 
character of the country he is just entering, as it does to 
realize the truth of an old saying — * Though Brag is a 
good dog, Holdfast is a better. 1 The inconveniencies of 
this ride are, however, but of short duration, for in about 
half an hour the passengers are released from this earthly 
purgatory by their arrival in Dublin." 

1811. The Rev. Michael Ryan appointed Roman Catholic 
clergyman of Booterstown, Blackrock, and Dundrum, 23rd 
October, on the death of Mr. Connolly, who had been ap- 
pointed in 1794. Mr. Ryan resigned in 1832, on a pension 
of £80 per annum. 

1811. Bloomfield Retreat — a private lunatic asylum — near 
Donnybrook, established this year by the Society of 
Friends, on the principles of the well-known Retreat 
near York. For particulars of the system, see " Croly's 
Irish Medical Directory," 1843, p. 142. 

1811. In p. 72 of a 12mo volume of " Poems, by the late 
Edward Lysaght, Esq.,'' hastily collected after his death, 
and published this year in Dublin, there are the follow- 
ing lines, r entitled " The Maid of Merrion " : — 
" There dwells, near Dublin city, 
Where Merrion bounds the sea, 
A nymph divinely pretty, 
Deck'd by the graces three : 



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Her flowing locks are jetty, 

Her eyes so bright they be, 
You'd swear that mind is witty, 

Which thro' her eyes you see. 

*' No maid of Dublin city, 

Whate'er her high degree, 
By nature's formed like Kitty, 

Her fav'rite child is she. 
I sought in simple ditty 

To wake soft sympathy ; 
Alas ! she knows no pity, 

At least knows none for me. 

M From gay companions flying, 

I'm lost to lively glee ; 
I vent my soul in sighing, 

I almost wish 'twere free. 
When pale and breathless lying 

Beneath some willow tree, 
Mayhap, my fate espying, 

She'll drop one tear for mel" 

The allusion in the foregoing lines by " pleasant Ned 

Lysaght" is to Miss Locke, of Merrion, who became 

Mrs. Charles Connor, and was well known in theatrical 
society. 

1812. The Rathdown Dispensary established for "the 
relief of the sick poor in the [half] barony of Rath- 
down," in March of this year, the villages of Booterstown, 
Williamstown, and Blackrock being within the sphere of 
its operations. The Ninth Annual Report, for the year 
ended 31st May, 1821, concludes with these words: — 
" Oftentimes after the doctor's visit a consultation of old 
women and impostors is held, each of whom has innu- 
merable nostrums to propose, all equally infallible ; and 
although they may dispute the superiority of their own 
individual plans, they invariably and unanimously agree 
in overruling his injunctions. Notwithstanding these 
obstacles and discouragements to the efficient practice of a 
Dispensary physician in this country, the proportion of 
deaths this year has not materially increased from that of 
former years ; and, notwithstanding the existing preju- 
dices among the lower classes before stated, the growing 
confidence of the poor in your Dispensary is fully evinced 
by the progressively increased number of patients relieved 
during each succeeding year, so as to be in the last nearly 
double that of 1815." Thomas Arthure, M.D., was the 
physician. Number of patients in the year 1820-21, 



438 APPENDIX III. 



1,282 ; Income, £266 2s. 5d. ; Expenditure, £228 14s. lOJd. 
Total number of patients from 24th March, 1812, to 31st 
May, 1821, 7,425; Income, £2,626 2s. 6Jd. ; Expendi- 
ture, £2,475 7s. 4^d. 

1812. Notices of the " Booterstown Races " appear in Dr. 
Brenan's Milesian Magazine, June and July of this year. 

1812. The first stone of the Roman Catholic Chapel, Booters- 
town, laid 6th August of this year, and not in 1811, as 
stated in p. 88. The building contains a monument to 
the memory of the widow of Richard Verschoyle, Esq., of 
Mount Merrion (see p. 30). 

1813. For particulars of the population of the parish of 
Donnybrook (including Booterstown), at this date, see 
p. 268. 

1814. The Rev. Matthew West, M.A., who died this 
year (see p. 196), had been appointed to the rectory and 
vicarage of Carnallaway, in the diocese of Kildare, in 
1777. (Exshaw's Magazine, 1777, p. 632.) From the 
Dublin University Magazine, vol. xlvi. p. 141, already 
referred to, we learn that he " printed two tragedies in 
1769 .and 1799— ' Ethelinda' and « Pizarro,' neither of 
which was ever acted. In 1803 he published a third, 
called ' Female Heroism,' founded on the revolutionary 
events which occurred in France, in the summer and 
autumn of 1793. This play was acted in Crow-street 
Theatre, Dublin, 19th May, 1804. It had been preceded 
by another on the same subject by Eyre, under the title of 
the ' Maid of Normandy.' West's has the most merit of 
the two. . . . West has succeeded well in the deli- 
neation of the leading characters of the time, and the 
language in which he has embodied his ideas is bold and 
energetic, and occasionally soars into respectable poetry. 
Copies, with a frontispiece, representing the execution of 
the heroine, may be picked up in a pilgrimage through 
the book- stalls of the Irish metropolis." Mr. West was 
appointed to the curacy of Donnybrook in 1772. (Visita- 
tion-booh, Dio. Dublin.) For the inscription on his tomb- 
stone at Donnybrook, see pp. 296, 297. 

1816. "A Modern Plan of the City and Environs of 



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Dublin" was published 1st January (London and Dublin: 
W. Corbet), in which the " old course of river 
Dodder," from Haig's Distillery to Ringsend-bridge, is 
marked, and also the present channel. 

1816. The Horticultural Society (see p. 89) formed at the 
Rose Tavern, Donnybrook, 30th September. (Connel- 
lan's "Annals of Dublin.") The first show of flowers 
was held in Erasmus Smith's Schoolhouse, Donnybrook, 
on the following Easter Monday. 

1816. In this year Mr. John Taylor, of Upper Baggot- 
street, Dublin, published a large " Map [in which these 
parishes appear] of the Environs of Dublin, extending 10 
to 14 miles from the Castle, by Actual Survey, on a scale 
of 2 Inches to one Mile;" of which the fifth edition, with 
corrections, appeared in 1834. Mr. Taylor, whose original 
name was M'Kinlay, (having descended from David 
M-Kinlay, who led King William across the Boyne,) 
was for many years a respectable parishioner of 
Donnybrook, and could at one time have made ample 
provision for his family ; but having met with some 
serious reverses, he " found a source of livelihood in 
the art of line-engraving, which in his better, or, we 
should rather say, his more prosperous days, he had 
cultivated for his amusement ; and the map of Dublin and 
its environs, undertaken and completed by him from 
actual survey, constitutes a creditable specimen both of 
the abilities and the energy of this excellent old man, when 
the claims of a growing family called upon him to exert 
himself for their subsistence." (" Remains of the Rev. 
Samuel O'Sullivan, D.D.," vol. ii. p. 293.) His sons, 
"William S. B. Taylor and John Sydney Taylor, have 
been mentioned in these pages. 

1820. In Cromwell's "Excursions through Ireland " (3 
vols. 8vo.), published this year in London, sundry re- 
ferences are made to places within these parishes. 

1823. A biographical sketch of the Hon. Judge Fletcher 
(see p. 91), who died this year at his residence, Montrose, 
Donnybrook, is given in the Dublin Saturday Magazine, 
vol. ii. pp. 98-100. Judge Fletcher, according to the 
late Mr. Sheil, in his " Legal and Political Sketches " 



440 APPENDIX III. 



(London, 1855), vol. i. pp. 106, 107, " was a man of an 
uncommonly vigorous and brawny mind, with a rude but 
powerful grasp of thought, and with considerable acquire- 
ment, both in literature and in his profession. He was 
destitute of all elegance, either mental or external, but 
made up for the deficiency by the massive and robust 
character of his understanding. He had been a devoted 
Whig at the bar, and hated Lord Norbury for his politics, 
while he held his intellect in contempt. Dissimulation 
was not among his attributes, and, as his indifferent health 
produced a great infirmity of temper, (for he was the 
converse of what a Frenchman defines as a happy man, 
and had a bad stomach and a good heart,) he was at no 
pains in concealing his disrelish for his brother on the 
bench." He was succeeded by the late Judge Torrens, 
whose brother was Archdeacon of Dublin, 1818-1851. 

1824. William Ashford, the distinguished landscape-painter, 
whose talent did honour to the country, which if not his 
by birth, was by early settlement and long residence, died 
at his house in Sandy mount, 17th April, at the advanced 
age of seventy-eight years, to the last the warm devotee 
of Nature and her handmaid Art. Having sold his house 
in College-green, Dublin, he " retired to Sandymount, a 
residence more suitable to the habits and taste of a land- 
scape-painter. His noble friend [Richard], Viscount 
Fitzwilliam, the lord of the soil, not only gave him a 
lease of ground on very moderate terms, but strongly 
urged him to erect a villa upon it for himself, which he 
did in a very appropriate style, and with considerable 
taste, for which his friend Mr. Gandon gave him a suit- 
able design. In this residence, Sandymount Park, he 
pursued his profession with indefatigable industry, paint- 
ing, both in oil and water-colour, the c counterfeit pre- 
sentment ' of much of the finest scenery of England, 
Wales, and Ireland. He was one of the three artists 
[Thomas Sotell Roberts and William Cuming being the 
other two] to whom their brethren paid the distinguished 
compliment of confiding the selection of eleven others with 
themselves to constitute the Royal Hibernian Academy, 
when incorporated [in 1823] by charter of George IV. 
He was, further, the first President of that body, for whose 
interests and welfare he ever exhibited the liveliest zeal." 
(" The Life of James Gandon, Esq.," p. 142, Dublin, 



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1846.) For the inscription on his tombstone at Donny- 
brook, see p. 304. 

1824. For particulars of Booterstown Church, which was 
opened for Divine service this year, and has been since 
enlarged and improved, see pp. 221-223. 

1824. Frequent mention of Sir James Foulis, Bart, Lieut.- 
Colonel of the Mid-Lothian Fencible Cavalry, who was 
buried this year at St. Matthew's, Ringsend, is made 
in Cloney's " Personal Narrative of the Wexford Rebel- 
lion, 1798" (Dublin, 1832). "Although the funeral of 
the venerable hero was intended to be private, I had the 
melancholy gratification," writes Mr. Cloney (p. 186), 
11 of showing to his remains this only mark of respect and 
gratitude which it had ever been in my power to manifest 
for his humanity. Attended by my friends [Sir Thomas 
Esmonde, Bart., Mr. Archibald Hamilton Rowan, and 
others], we saw the good man placed in his last abode, at 
Irishtown, near Dublin, and I have never since went \_sic~] 
to that neighbourhood without paying a visit to his ne- 
glected resting-place, and offering up a fervent prayer to 
heaven for his eternal repose ; and if God grants me a 
little time to live, I will, with the aid of other Irishmen, 
who have either experienced Sir James Foulis's humanity, 
or been well acquainted with his character, place over 
his grave a lasting monument of our respect and grati- 
tude, to prove that his venerated remains do not rest in 
the country of the stranger, but in one ever ready to 
appreciate the virtues of the brave, the generous, and the 
humane." The inscription over his grave has been given 
in p. 155 ; but with a wrong date, as on the stone. The fol- 
lowing brief entry appears in the register of burials : — 
" 1824, June 7. Sir James Fowles, P[arishioner].'' 

1824. The following certificate of Composition of Tithes for 
the parish of Donny brook bears date 27th October, 1824 : 
— M We, Joseph Wright, of Beechhili, in the county of 
Dublin, and Thomas Abbott, of Johnville, in said county, 
Esquires, Commissioners duly appointed and sworn, under 
and by virtue of an Act made in the fourth year of the 
reign of King George the Fourth, entitled ■ An Act to 
provide for the establishing of Compositions for Tithe in 
Ireland, for a limited time/ to ascertain and fix a true and 
just composition for all tithes arising, growing, yielded, or 



442 APPENDIX III. 



payable within the parish of St. Mary's, Donny brook, in 
the archdiocese* of Dublin, do hereby certify, that the true 
and just amount of composition for all tithes whatever 
within the said parish (save and except the minister's 
money payable and chargeable upon houses, under and 
by virtue of an Act of Parliament made and passed in the 
17th and 18th years of the reign of King Charles the 
Second, intituled ' An Act for the provision of Ministers in 
Cities and Corporate Towns, and making the Church of 
St. Andrew, in the suburbs of the city of Dublin, presenta- 
tive for ever ') is one hundred and eighty pounds, sterling, 
by the year, which sum of one hundred and eighty pounds 
is due and payable to the Venerable John Torrens, Arch- 
deacon of Dublin, as a composition for the tithe claimable 
by him as ecclesiastical Incumbent of the said parish of St. 
Mary's, Donnybrook ; said sum of one hundred and eighty 
pounds, sterling, having been agreed to by the said In- 
cumbent, with the assent in writing of His Grace the 
Archbishop of Dublin, as bishop of the diocese, and patron 
of the benefice, and assented to, and accepted at a special 
vestry duly assembled, under the provisions of said Act, in 
the said parish on Monday, the 18th day of October, 
1824 ; and to be invariable for the term of twenty- one 
years from the 1st day of November, 1824. And we do 
further certify that the average price of oats, being the 
corn principally grown in said county, for the period of 
seven years ending on the first day of November, 1821, is 
fifteen shillings and two pence farthing, per barrel." The 
expenses of this Commission amounted to £55 15s. 5d., 
as certified by the above-named Commissioners, 30th 
May, 1825 ; including a sum of £45 10s., paid to " Mr. 
Arthur Neville, Surveyor, for Survey, Valuation, and 
Map of said Parish, per agreement." 

* " Many persons, even of those who ought to know better, allow 
themselves to talk of the ' arch-diocese'' of Dublin ; which is a mani- 
fest solecism, under the modern acceptation of the word ■ diocese.' 
The Lord Lieutenant, or any other nobleman, keeping a large estab- 
lishment of servants, might give to one of his cooks an authority 
over the others in that department ; and any body who pleased 
might style that functionary an 'arch-cook;' but, I think, they 
scarcely would call the scene of his labours an arch-kitchen. Milton 
has introduced us to an « arch-fiend;' but he does not call his resi- 
dence ' archidffimonium. ' I say nothing about apxayyeA.os, 
dpXiepevs, apxi-cruvayuiyos, apxtTpiKAivos, &c, for even the 
youngest Freshman in Trinity College could wade knee-deep in such 
examples. Sed jam satis." — Archdeacon Cotton. 



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443 



1825. For particulars of an " outrage at Irishtown Church" 
(St. Matthew's, Ringsend), see the Dublin Warder, 22nd 
January. Donnybrook Church was robbed, as reported 
in the same newspaper, 14th May. 

1825. In a privately-printed volume, entitled " A Narrative 
of an Excursion to Ireland, by the Deputy-Governor, two 
Members of the Court, and the Assistant Secretary, of the 
Honorable Irish Society of London, 1825," by the Deputy- 
Governor (London, 4to. pp. 103), there are the following 
remarks, pp. 18, 19, 29 :— " [Thursday, 16th June.] 
We had ordered the carriage at six, and drove to the 
Black Rock, a village about three miles distant [from 
Dublin], on the south side of the Bay ; here are a few 
bathing machines, and it is a place of great resort on Sun- 
days, for the good citizens of Dublin. There are some 
very neat cottages on the road ; the thatching of which is 
the very best work of the kind I have ever seen, and 
although I had heard much of the neatness of these build- 
ings, they far exceeded my most sanguine expectations. 
I looked out in various directions for the Black Rock, ex- 
pecting to see some stupendous mass, 

1 Huge as the tower which builders vain, 
Presumptuous piled on Shinar's plain,' 

but could find nothing more than a dark-colored limestone 
crag, just peeping above the surface, near the water's 
edge. . . . Friday, 17th June. Rose at six, and 
walked into Merrion Square, the next largest to [St.] 
Stephen's Green, and built with good lofty brick houses. 
[The bricks, it may be noted, were brought from " Lord 
Merrion's Brick Fields," now Sandymount.] Returned to 
the Hotel [Morrison's, Dawson-street], and called Mr. 
Schults, who accompanied me to the Warm Sea Baths 
[Cranfield's] at Irish Town. The rooms were very dirty. 
When I came out of the bath, the attendant brought a 
piping hot towel, as big as a sheet, and having completely 
wrapped me in it, stared me in the face, and hoped I felt 
comfortable. Paid two shillings and ninepence, Irish, for 
the bath, in the shape of an English half-crown, and re- 
turned in our outside car to breakfast. . . . Hired a 
car for half-a-crown, and drove down the pier to the Pigeon 
House, so called, where there is an Ordnance depot. Some 
recruits were practising the great gun exercise. We could 



444 APPENDIX III. 



not take our car any farther, so we walked down the pier, 
towards the Light House at the end of it, but the sun was 
so scorching that we were compelled to return. The 
whole length of the pier is three miles, and it is a mile 
and a-half from the Pigeon House to the Light House. 
. . . [Sunday, 19th June.] At tea we were visited 
by our host [Alderman Morrison], who wished us to dine 
with him the next day, at his country-house at Donny- 
brook, where we should meet half-a-dozen aldermen, and 
a few of his friends ; he said that we should there see 
more of the Irish character in a few hours, than we could 
do in a week dining by ourselves. He was certainly right, 
and conviction stared us in the face ; but the thing was 
impossible, for reasons I have before stated. We did not 
visit Ireland to pursue 'the proper study of mankind '; so 
we expressed our thanks for his politeness, but declined the 
invitation. We afterwards found from Mr. Beresford, 
that Mr. Morrison was foreman of the Grand Jury, and 
that it was customary to give a grand dinner upon that 
occasion." Mention of Alderman Morrison has been made 
in pp. 95, 96. 

1825. A paper, entitled "The Black Rock," by "The 
Hermit in Ireland," appeared in the Dublin and London 
Magazine, 1825, pp. 308-311; and another by the same 
writer, entitled " Donnybrook in 1826," in the same 
periodical for that year, pp. 477-480. 

1826. " Yesterday morning [21st April], between two and 
three o'clock, a murder, under most extraordinary and 
mysterious circumstances, was committed on the body of 
the Rev. George Wogan [see p. 92], Curate of Donny- 
brook, in his house, in the place called by himself Spafield- 
place, situate off Sandymount-avenue, on the Blackrock- 
road. . . . These [four] houses, which can be fully 
seen from the Rock-road, the Rev. gentleman, who was a 
minister of the Established Church, purchased some time 
ago from the late Mr. Hodges, of Sack ville- street; and in 
one at the western extremity of the row, he resided. 

The report of this murder having created a very great 
sensation in town, as soon as it was known, the Lord Mayor 
[Alderman Thos. Abbott] and Sheriff Alley, with Sir Gar- 
ret Neville, Police Magistrate of that division, accompanied 
by the Coroner (Alderman Montgomery) and several very 
respectable citizens, went out before two o'clock to inves- 



ANNALS. 445 



tigate on the spot this horrible transaction. 
What makes this horrible murder the more extraordinary 
is the fact, that there was some valuable property in the 
house, but nothing was taken. The Rev. gentleman had 
himself, at the time of his death, a ring on the little finger 
of each hand ; in the one on his left a beautiful cameo was 
set, which we understand he often said he would not give 
for «£50 ; the other was a plain gold ring. . . . The 
Rev. gentleman bore an excellent character in his neigh- 
bourhood, and was, we understand, much beloved by the 
poor ; he was between 60 and 70 years of age, about 5 feet 
8 inches in height, of a very athletic form, and not, for 
his time of life, at all infirm ; he was a native of Cashel, 
in the county of Tipperary, but had lived between 30 and 
40 years in the diocese of Dublin." (Dublin Morning 
Post, 22nd April.) Details of the inquest are given in 
the same newspaper ; the jury having brought in a verdict 
of " wilful murder against some person or persons un- 
known." The high-way robbery, of which Mr. Wogan's 
murderers were soon after convicted, and for which they 
suffered the penalty of death, was committed on the Black- 
rock-road, near Merrion, on a Mr. Bell, of Baggot-street, 
Dublin. " Buried, Rev. George Wogan [M.A.], of Sandy- 
mount-avenue, aged 70, 23rd April, 1826.'' (Parish 
Register.) There is in the possession of the writer a curious 
document relative to Mr. Wogan and his ministrations 
in Donnybrook Church in 1818 or 1819. He had been 

appointed to the curacy in 1800 Visitation-book, Dio. 

Dublin. 

1826. In this year, as stated in p. 92, Booterstown School- 
house, Cross-avenue, was erected, the expense having 
been partly defrayed by a grant from the Treasury. This 
is most likely to have been the case, as credit is given for 
the money ; and yet the following information, kindly sup- 
plied by William Xeilson Hancock, Esq., LL.D., in a letter 
dated 8th October, 1862, would lead to the opposite conclu- 
sion : — " From examining the tables of Schools and En- 
dowments, as published by the Endowed Schools Commis- 
sion, I can state that the result of the papers and 
inquiries before them was to show that there was no 
public grant for Booterstown Parochial School. Probably 
an application was made for a grant from the Lord Lieu- 
tenant's School Building Fund about the year 1825 ; and 



446 APPENDIX III. 



the application not having been granted, no endowment 
took place. . . . From the way in which the tables 
were prepared, if any endowment had been discovered, 
whether in operation or not, or any accurate allegation of 
an endowment, the School would certainly have been 
noticed." 

1828. The Kev. John Evans Johnson, D.D. (see pp. 92, 
101), who was appointed this year to the chaplaincy of St. 
Matthew's, Ringsend, is son of the late Judge Johnson, 
and author of ' ' The Case of the Church, in reference to 
her Synodical Powers" (8vo. London, 1851). He gra- 
duated B.A. in 1821, and M.A., B.D., and D.D. in 
1843. He was collated to the prebend of Kilrush, in the 
diocese of Ferns, 19th January, 1843 ; and to the arch- 
deaconry of Ferns (which he resigned in 1871), 4th 
February, 1848. — Cotton's " Fasti Ecclesise Hibernicse," 
vol. ii. pp. 362, 374. 

1831. The Rev. Richard H. Wall, D.D.,who was appointed 
this year to the chaplaincy of St. Matthew's (see p. 93), 
having previously been assistant-chaplain, published 
" Selections of Psalms and Hymns for the use of the Con- 
gregation of the Royal Chapel of St. Matthew, Ringsend ; 
to which are added several Forms of Family Prayer " 
(Dublin, 1836, 12mo. pp. 168), of which the "fourth 
thousand '' appeared in 1862 ; " Suggestions for a Reform 
of the Royal Schools of Ireland" (Dublin, 1851, 8vo. 
pp. 50) ; " Catechismus Novus, designed as an Antidote 
for the young against the growing Antinomianism or 
Nicolaitanism of the Times" (Dublin, 1863, 12mo. pp. 
36) ; and several sermons, for one of which he was 
presented with the freedom of the city of Dublin. He 
was also the principal of a large and ably-conducted 
school in Hume-street, Dublin, which he resigned some 
years before his death. He died at his residence, Erris- 
lannan Lodge, in the county of Galway, 15th September, 
1869, and was buried there; having a few years before 
granted a site for a new church, which was completed in 
his lifetime and endowed, and towards which he had been 
a liberal contributor. (Saunders's News-Letter, 20th Sep- 
tember, 1869.) A mural tablet has been erected in the 
south gallery of St. Matthew's, with the following inscrip- 
tion : — " Erected by the members of the congregation to 
the memory of the Rev. Richard Henry Wall, D.D., 



ANNALS. 447 



Chaplain for more than half a century [?] of the Royal 
Chapel of St. Matthew, Ringsend, who died September 
15th, 1869, aged 74 [75] years. Gifted by his Creator 
with many and rare endowments, he devoted them all to 
His service and the setting forth of His glory. ' O God, 
thou hast taught me from my youth ; and hitherto have I 
declared thy wondrous works.' — Psalm lxxi. 17." 

1831. The " Convent of the Nativity of our Blessed Lady," 
Sandymount-avenue, founded by Mrs. Verschoyle (see p. 
30), 16th June. Annexed to this convent of the Sisters 
of Charity there is a chapel, and abo a school for poor 
children. 

1831. In this year an organ, built by Messrs. Small, Bruce, 
and Co., of Edinburgh, was erected in Booterstown Church, 
and " opened on Sunday, 11th September, the music 
for the occasion being composed by Henry Bussell, Esq., 
Organist." Mr. Sillery concludes a lengthened statement 
thus : — " I had immense trouble and anxiety in the busi- 
ness of the organ, both in the care requisite in selecting a 
suitable instrument for our Church, and also to have such 
music from it as would disarm every prejudiced person of 
objection on the score of loudness or harshness ; and par- 
ticularly I had immense trouble and anxiety in collecting 
the money to pay the expense. But thanks be to God, I 
have succeeded in all these matters, {Parish Memoranda.) 
As was observed in p. 29, " Mr. Sillery, in his care of 
parochial documents, has set a good example to many of 
his brethren in the ministry." 

1831. The Sandymount, Ringsend, and Irishtown Benevo- 
lent Institution, established 15th December, " for promo- 
ting cleanliness, and providing for the comfort of the poor 
of this district." 

1832. The Rev. Patrick J. Doyle appointed Roman Catholic 
clergyman of Booterstown, Blackrock, and Dundrum, 5th 
August, on the resignation of Mr. Ryan, who had been 
appointed in 1811. He was transferred to St. Michan's, 
Halston-streer, Dublin, 28th May, 1838, and died 12th 
December, 1852, bequeathing his house in Eccles-street 
to Archbishop (now Cardinal) Cullen. 

1833. The Booterstown and Blackrock Bible Association 

established. 



448 APPENDIX III. 



1833. In the Dublin Penny Journal (16th November), vol. 
ii. p* 153, there is an account of Donnybrook Fair, with 
an engraving. 

1833. For sundry references to plants found in these parishes, 
see " The Irish Flora," by Miss Baily (now Lady Kane), 
published anonymously this year in Dublin. 

1833. Dr. D. Joaquin Lorenzo Villanueva published a 12 mo 
volume, entitled " Poesias Escogidas" (Dublin, 1833), in 
which (pp. 164-166) there are seventy-eight lines relative 
to Blackrock. See p. 258, where they have been re- 
printed. 

1834. John Gage Davis, Esq., of Booterstown-avenue, 
where he had resided for many years, died 6th June, and 
was buried in the churchyard of the neighbouring parish 
of Stillorgan, where there is this inscription: — " Departed 
this life the 17th May, 1822, Jane, wife of John Gage 
Davis, of Booterstown. John Gage Davis died 6th June, 
1834. Mrs. Elizabeth Sarah Lyons, his sister, died on the 
15th of November, 1846." He was well known in con- 
nexion with the Fine Arts. 

1834. In this year was published U A Glance at the Question 
of a Ship Canal connecting the Asylum Harbour at Kings- 
town with the river Anna Liffey at Dublin," etc., by 
Henry E. Flynn (Dublin, 8vo. pp. 83, with two maps). 
It contains many particulars relative to Ringsend and 
other parts of these parishes. 

1835. The Rev. Joshua Lacy Bernard, M.A., appointed to 
the curacy of Donnybrook. He was promoted therefrom 
to the rectory of Castlemacadam, in the diocese of Dublin,* 
in 1845, and in the year following to the rectory and 
prebend of Stagonil, or Powerscourt, in the same 
diocese ; and died in 1867. He was author of " The 
Synagogue and the Church ; being an attempt to show, 
that the Government, Ministers, and Services of the 
Church were derived from those of the Synagogue " ; con- 
densed from the original Latin work of Vitringa (London, 
1842, 8vo. pp. xx. 262) ; and " The Imputation of 

* Castlemacadam and Powerscourt are in the diocese of Glenda- 
lough, according to present arrangements. 



ANNALS. 449 



Righteousness" ; a sermon preached in St. Mary's, Donny- 
brook (Dublin, 1845, 8vo. pp. 16). He was buried in the 
new graveyard of Powerscourt Church, Enniskerry, where 
there is a stone (erected in 1873 by Viscount Powerscourt) 
with this inscription : — " Sacred to the memory of the 
Rev. Joshua Lacy Bernard, for twenty-one years Rector 
of Powerscourt Parish, who died 17th May, 1867, aged 
59 years." 

1835. For many particulars of the parish of Donnybrook 
about this time, see a pamphlet by the Rev. Anthony 
LefroyCourtenay,M.A.(B.D. and D.D., 1853), "late Curate 
of St. Mary's, Donnybrook," entitled " Plain Facts rela- 
tive to the State of the Irish Church and Ecclesiastical 
Justice, in a Letter to the Most Rev. Doctor Whately, Arch- 
bishop of Dublin" (Dublin, 1835, 8vo. pp. 114, xl.). 
For some years before his death, which took place in 1870, 
Dr. Courtenay was Vicar of St. James', Pentonville-hill, 
London, and Domestic Chaplain to the Earl of Hardwicke. 

1835. The Rev. Anthony Sillery, M.A. (of whom mention 
has been made in pp. 31, 32), published a volume, entitled 
"The Christian Choir" (Dublin, 1835, 12mo. pp. lix. 
277), and devoted the profits of the sale chiefly to the 
Booterstown Infant School. The following dedication is 
prefixed : — " To the Minister and Congregation of the 
Parish of Booterstown this system of Christian Psalmody, 
* The Christian Choir,' is inscribed by the Editor, who long 
[1825-1832] had the privilege of ministering in that 
parish," etc. 

1835. In the Dublin Penny Journal, vol. iii. p. 281, pub- 
lished this year, there are engravings of the Pigeon- 
house and the Light-house, Southwall, with a brief 
description. 

1836. In the Appendix to the Report on the City of Dublin, 
by the Municipal Corporations (Ireland) Commission, 
which was published this year in London, part ii. p. 109, 
there are several particulars of Donnybrook Fair. The 
same book contains much information about the old 
boundaries of the city (which, as mentioned in p. 257, 
reached to the Cross in Blackrock), the "throwing the 
dart " by the Lord Mayor, etc. 

1837. The General Magdalen Asylum, Donnybrook (which 
had been founded in 1798, and placed under the care of 

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450 APPENDIX III. 



the Sisters of Charity, 25th January, 1833), removed to 
Donny brook from Townsend-street, Dublin, 1st October. 
The convent, to which additions have been made (includ- 
ing a chapel), was formerly known as Donnybrook Castle 
(see p 415); and attached to it is a cemetery, in which 
are interred the remains of the Sisters of Charity who may 
die within the Dublin province of the order. The foun- 
dress, Mrs. Aikenhead, was one of them. 

1837. The Booterstown and Blackrock Missionary Associa- 
tion established. Annual Reports, etc., have been pub- 
lished. 

1837. The Rev. William Hare, B.A. (1826), " Minister of 

Carysfort Chapel, Blackrock," translated and published 
" Meditations on the History of Hezekiah " from the 
French of Rochat (Dublin, 1837, 12mo. pp. xii. 366). 

1837. For a report of a vestry of the parishioners of St. 
Peter's, Dublin, held " for the purpose of considering the 
propriety of presenting an address to the Right Hon. the 
Lord Mayor [Alderman William Hodges] for his upright 
and praiseworthy exertions to suppress that public nui- 
sance, Donny brook Fair," see the Pilot, 18th September. 

1838. The Rev. John Ennis, D.D., appointed Roman Catho- 
lic clergyman of Booterstown, Blackrock, and Dundrum, 
28th May, on the transfer of Mr. Doyle, who had been 
appointed in 1832 ; and dying after a protracted illness, 
13th October, 1862, was buried in the vaults of St. 
Andrew's, Westland-row, Dublin, of which he had been 
curate. (Freeman's Journal, 14th October.) Dr. Ennis's 
death had been prematurely announced, with a brief 
eulogium, in the same newspaper, 12th May, 1860. 

1839. For a biographical sketch of Robert Perceval, Esq., 
M.D., who died this year at his residence, Annefield, 
Donny brook, see pp. 323-330. 

1840. The Rev. Robert Fetherston Jessop, M.A. (1832), ap- 
pointed to the chaplaincy of Christ Church, Carysfort, 
Blackrock, which he held until 1843, when he resigned. 

1840. The Booterstown Dorcas Association established. 
Annual Reports, etc., have been published. 

1841. The Rev. Benjamin Williams Mathias, M.A., for 
thirty-one years Chaplain of the Bethesda, Dublin, died in 



ANNALS. 451 



Peafield-terrace, Blackrock, where he had resided for some 
time, 30th May, aged 68 years. See "Brief Memorials 
of the Rev. B. W. Mathias " (Dublin, 1842). 

1841. The Rev. Reginald Courtenay, who had been ordained 
this year, 30th May, by Archbishop Whately, for the 
assistant-curacy of Donnybrook, was consecrated Bishop 
of Kingston, Jamaica, in 1856. 

1841. The Blackrock and Booterstown Fellowship Society 
established this year; its object being, as stated in the 
printed M Rules and Regulations," 1st, to extend practical 
religion amongst its members ; 2ndly, to raise funds for 
their relief in time of sickness or accident, whereby they 
may be rendered incapable of following their usual occu- 
pation ; and 3rdly, to provide for certain allowances in 
case of the death of any of its members, or wives of mem- 
bers, and to assist in defraying the funeral expenses of the 
deceased. The " New Rules of the Blackrock and Booters- 
town Protestant Fellowship Society," made and revised 
in February, 1871, and duly certified, were printed in 
July of that year. 

1843. The Rev. Wm. Edwin Ormsby, B.A. (1830), appointed 
to the chaplaincy of Christ Church, Carysfort, Blackrock, 
on the resignation of the Rev. Robert F. Jessop; which he 
held until his promotion, in June of the following year, to 
the precentorship of Waterford. This dignity he resigned 
in November, 1848, on his appointment to the vicarage of 
St. Peter's, Drogheda, in the diocese of Armagh. He died 
27th November, 1858. 

1843. One of the " Monster Meetings " held on Donnybrook- 
green, 3rd July, when 150,000 persons were said to have 
been present. 

1843. Alderman George Roe, D.L., of Nutley, Donnybrook, 
served this year as Lord Mayor of Dublin. In 1847 he 
was appointed High Sheriff of the city. He died at 
Torquay, 20th July, 1863, and was buried in Mount Jerome 
Cemetery, Dublin, where there is a monument with this 
inscription : — M In memory of George Roe, of Nutley, Co. 
Dublin, July 20th, 1863. ■ O death, where is thy sting ? 
O grave, where is thy victory ? But thanks be to God, 
which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus 
Christ.' " A full account of the funeral is given in 
Saunders ] s News- Letter, 27th July, 1863 ; and in the 



452 APPENDIX III. 



Dublin Saturday Magazine, 1st August, may be found 
some lines " to the memory of George Roe, Esq." He 
was a native of Booterstown (son of Peter Roe, Esq., 
who was Churchwarden of Donnybrook in 1788), and was 
justly esteemed. 

1845. The Booterstown Penny Club established, with the 
view " to improve the condition of the poor of this neigh- 
bourhood, by promoting among them habits of industry, 
temperance, and frugality, and by giving them an oppor- 
tunity of providing themselves with the necessary articles 
of clothing, bedding, etc., in the cheapest manner." The 
Rules have been printed. 

1845. In this year was published " An Appeal in behalf of 
the Hospital for Incurables [Donnybrook], being a Dis- 
course delivered in St. Anne's Church, Dublin, 19th 
March, 1845, by the Archbishop of Dublin" (Dublin, 
1845, 8vo. pp. iv. 16). Several particulars of this most 
valuable Institution are prefixed, with a wood-cut of the 
building as it was at the time. For an account of the 
Hospital, see pp. 380-395. 

1845. The Rev. Beaver H. Blacker, B.A. (M.A., 1846), 
appointed to the curacy of Donnybrook (which he held 
until 1st May, 1856), in succession to the Rev. Joshua L. 
Bernard, who had been appointed in 1835. In January, 
1857, he became Incumbent of Booterstown. 

1846. The Booterstown Widows' Fund established. Annual 
Reports, etc., have been published. 

1846. Mr. George Hal pin printed this year in Dublin a 
" Report relative to Dublin Harbour," 8vo. pp. 32. The 
"proposed alteration of course of the river Dodder" is 
fully considered, etc. 

1846. Two articles, entitled " Recollections of Donnybrook," 
appeared in The Philanthropist (a Dublin periodical 
edited by the late Dr. Hayden), December, 1846, and 
February, 1847, pp. 28, 52. 

1847. In the Booterstown Vestry-book, in a resolution 
dated 26th June, 1847, mention is made of " the village 
called the Camp, in Merrion-avenue." This thickly- 
inhabited village was soon after removed ; and in 1854 



ANNALS. 453 



" the Hon. Sidney Herbert added of his own accord to the 
Church-grounds about half-an-acre, and made at his own 
expense a new approach from Merrion-avenue, facing 
same." See p. 97. 

1849. The Rev. Andrew O'Connell, D.D. (see p. 205), ap- 
pointed Roman Catholic clergyman of Irishtown and 
Donnybrook, 12th July, on the death of Dr. Finn, who 
had been appointed in 1792. On the death of Dean 
Meyler, 5th January, 1864, Dr. O'Connell was appointed 
likewise Roman Catholic Dean of Dublin. 

1849. Frequent mention of William Massey, Esq., of the 
Pigeon-house Fort, who died this year (see p. 157), is 
made in Watters' " Natural History of the Birds of Ire- 
land " (Dublin, 1853) ; and still more so in Thompson's 
11 Natural History of Ireland,'' vol. iii. (London, 1851). 

1850. The Donnybrook Christian Fellowship and Mutual 
Benefit Society established : its object being, " to extend 
practical religion among the Protestants of Donnybrook 
Parish, and to provide temporal relief in case of sickness 
or death." The " Rules and Regulations " (Dublin, 
1850, 12mo. pp. 21), and several statements of the pro- 
ceedings of the Society, have been published, 

1851. For a letter respecting the archdeaconry of Dublin at 
this date, see the Dublin Evening Mail, 30th June. 

1851. By Act 14 and 15 Vict. c. 68, passed this year, 
u to provide for the better distribution, support, and 
management, of Medical Charities in Ireland," and known 
as the " Medical Charities Act," the Dispensaries of 
Blackrock (including Booterstown) and Donnybrook were 
constituted as they are at present. The provisions of the 
Act, by which Boards of Poor Law Guardians were em- 
powered to form the Poor Law Unions into Dispensary 
Districts, subject to the approval of the Poor Law Com- 
missioners, and to provide Dispensaries for the same, took 
effect on the 12th of November. Each Dispensary Dis- 
trict is placed under a Committee of Management, con- 
sisting of the Guardians in the district, and of ratepayers 
elected by the Board of Guardians of the Union (the 
number of each Committee being fixed by the Commis- 
sioners), and the regulation of the Dispensaries under the 
management of such Committees is provided for by 



454 APPENDIX ITT. 



general rules issued by the Commissioners for that pur- 
pose. Eugene Le Clerc, M.D., and Edward J. Quinan, 
M.D., who had been respectively connected for some 
years, under previous arrangements, with the Booterstown 
and Donnybrook Dispensaries, were appointed the Medical 
Officers of the Blackrock (Rathdown Union) and Donny- 
brook (South Dublin Union) Dispensary Districts. 

1852. In Sir Francis B. Head's " Fortnight in Ireland " 
(London, 1852), pp. 20-23, may be found some observa- 
tions on the " car-loads of happy people going to, and 
returning from, Donnybrook Fair," as seen by him in 
August of this year in St. Stephen's-green, Dublin. 

1852. For some clever Greek lines relative to Donnybrook 
Fair, entitled " Nundinis Donnybrycaeis nomen verna- 
culum ' Erin ' luculenter Exponitur," quoted from " Pos- 
tulates and Data," vol. i. p. 347 (London, 1852), see p. 
380. 

1853. The Roman Catholic Chapel of " St. Mary, Star of 
the Sea," between Irishtown and Sandymount (see p. 97), 
of which James J. McCarthy, Esq., of Dublin, was the 
architect, dedicated 15th August, having been erected at 
an expense of about £6,000. 

1854. An accurate drawing of St. Mary's Church, Donny- 
brook, from the opposite side of the Dodder, near Balls- 
bridge, taken this year by the late Mr. Francis Engle- 
heart, a Dublin artist. 

1854. Several particulars of the Rev. George Webster, M.A. 
(B.D. and D.D., 1866), who was this year appointed junior, 
and in 1856 senior, Curate of Donnybrook, and who is now 
Chancellor of Cork, etc., may be found in Brady's "Clerical 
and Parochial Records of Cork, Cloyne, and Ross " (Dublin, 
1863), vol. i. pp. 301-304. 

1855. In Carysfort Church (more correctly styled, as in the 
trust-deed, Christ Church, Carysfort), Blackrock, there is 
a register of baptisms, from 22nd May, 1855, as mentioned 
in p. 224. The appointment to the chaplaincy is vested 
in Trustees, who, in 1865, were : — The Bishop of 
Meath ; the Bishop of Cashel ; the Bishop of Kilmore ; 
the Hon. and Rev. William Wingfield ; the Rev. Ronald 
MacDonnell, D.D., Incumbent of the parish of Monks- 
town ; the Right Hon. Joseph Napier; and Benjamin Lee 
Guinness, Esq. 



ANNALS. 455 



1855. John Gold, Esq., of Cullenswood Lodge, Ranelagh, 
in the pari>h of Donnybrook, died this year, and left by 
will £10,000 for the building and endowment of a church, 
which, under the name of Zion Church, Rathgar, was 
opened, for public worship on Friday, 1st November, 1861. 
See "Christian Preaching and Christian Worship;" a 
sermon by the Rev. Maurice F. Day, It A. (Dublin, 1861). 
" Mr. Gold," as stated by Mr. (now Bishop) Day, p. 6, 
"had no near relatives of any kind, and therefore he, felt 
at liberty to leave his money for charitable uses. I 
understand that, for a time, he had it in view to establish 
some institution for temporal relief; but he finally deter- 
mined on the building and endowment of a church, as the 
best object for which his money could be left. I am sure 
that he was right in coming to that conclusion." 
In the Irish Ecclesiastical Gazette, vol. iii. p. 331 (No- 
vember, 1861), and vol. xiv. p. 174 (August, 1872), 
full particulars (with an engraving) of the Church, of 
which the Rev. James Hewitt, M.A, (1862), is the first 
Incumbent, may be found. For the inscription on Mr. 
Gold's tombstone in Mount Jerome Cemetery, see p. 
299. 

1855. Mrs. Warren, widow of Alderman Warren, and the 
owner of considerable property in the neighbourhood (now 
held by Edward Wright, Esq., LL.D.), contributed 
£1,000 to the fund for the abolition of Donnybrook Fair. 
In Mount Jerome Cemetery, Dublin, there is a monument 
with this inscription : — u In the vault beneath are deposi- 
ted, in the hope of a joyful resurrection, the remains of 
Samuel Warren, Esq., Chief Magistrate of this city, 1838. 
He died November xxvi., mdcccl., aged lxxxiv. years. 
This memento of her enduring affection is raised to his 
memory by his widow. In the same vault are placed the 
remains of his beloved widow, Catherine Warren, who 
departed this life 31st October, 1859." 

1856. The " Convent of the Immaculate Conception," 
Lakelands, Park-avenue, Sandymount (to which an 
orphanage is attached), is of the order of Discalced Car- 
melites, and was removed to its present situation from 
North William-street, Dublin, 14th January, 1856. 

1856. A paper on the history of the Castle and Manor of Ba- 
gotrath, by Joseph Huband Smith, Esq., M.R.I.A., which 



456 APPENDIX III. 



was read 25th February of this year, has been printed in 
the " Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy," vol. vi. 
pp. 304-311. For a notice of Bagotrath Castle, see pp. 
312-314. 

1856. The Dublin and Kingstown Railway, which runs 
through these parishes, came under the management of 
the Dublin, Wicklow, and Wexford Railway Company, 
to whom it is leased, 1st July. 

1857. The Rev. Robert Herbert Nixon, M.A. (see p. 30), 
who died in January of this year, was son of the Rev. 
Brinsley Nixon, M.A.., for about thirty years Chaplain of 
Dr. Steevens' Hospital, Dublin ; and succeeded his father 
in that appointment, which he held until 1832, when he 
effected an exchange with the Rev. Anthony Sillery, M.A., 
Incumbent of Booterstown, retaining, however, the 
chaplaincy of Kilmainham. Very applicable to him is 
this description of character, taken from the Gentleman's 
Magazine, 1793, part ii. p. 869: — "Mildness and con- 
descension, humility and gentleness, beamed from his 
countenance, and influenced all his demeanour, rendering 
him very amiable in common life, and much regarded by 
all who knew him. Of the sick he was a diligent and 
conscientious visitor ; to the poor and needy a liberal 
benefactor. 

* Much impress'd 
Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, 
And anxious mainly that the flock he fed 
Might feel it too. Affectionate in look, 
And tender in address, as well became 
A messenger of grace to guilty men.' " 

1858. The Presbyterian Church, between Irish town and 
Sandymount (see p. 98), opened by the Rev. Dr. Edgar, 
of Belfast, on Sunday, 23rd May, having cost about 
£l,60i>. The Messrs. Hay, of Liverpool, were the archi- 
tects, and Mr. S. H. Bolton, of Dublin, builder. The 
Rev. Thomas Lyttle, who had been ordained to the charge 
of the Presbyterian congregation of the district, 4th Feb- 
ruary, 1857, is the first Minister. 

1859. "Sketches of Suburban Churches" (Nos. I- IV.), 
descriptive of the four churches in these parishes, and in- 
cluded in these " Brief Sketches," appeared in the Chris- 
tian Examiner (May — August, 1859), and have frequently 
been reprinted. 



ANNALS. 457 



1859. St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Chapel, Ringsend, 
dedicated 14th July, as reported in the Freeman's Journal, 
and the Morning News, of the following day. It is the 
chapel for the Roman Catholic soldiers stationed in 
Beggarsbush Barracks and the Pigeon-house Fort. 

1860. The first election of Commissioners for the Blackrock 
Township (see p. 211) held 20th November, when the 
following fifteen gentlemen were unanimously chosen : — 
''Thomas Dixon, Esq., J.P. ; John Rafferty, Esq.; Ed- 
mund Meares Kelly, barrister-at-law ; Edward Love 
Alma, solicitor ; Arthur Ormsby, proctor ; Henry Loftus 
Tottenham, barrister-at-law ; George Stormont, Esq. ; 
Baptist Kernaghan, solicitor ; Charles Kernan, solicitor ; 
Joseph Craig Scully, gentleman ; James Wilkinson, 
surgeon ; William John Wailnutt, chandler ; James 
M'Nally, draper; John Richardson, grocer; Thomas Ma- 
grath, draper." — Irish Times, 21st November. 

1861. The Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, M.P., created in the 
early part of this year Baron Herbert of Lea. He died 
2nd August following, and was succeeded in his title and 
estates by his eldest son, George Robert Charles (born 6th 
July, 1850), second Baron Herbert of Lea, and now 
thirteenth Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery. For a 
biographical sketch of Lord Herbert of Lea, see pp. 
243-247. 

1861. "The Rev. Thaddeus O'Mahony, M.A. [Assistant 
Chaplain of St. Matthew's, Ringsend], was yesterday 
unanimously elected Professor of Irish in Trinity College." 
(Daily Express, 6th April.) Mr. O'Mahony was pre- 
sented by the Crown to the rectory and vicarage of Feigh- 
cullen, in the diocese of Kildare, in 1865. (Irish Times, 
19th December, 1865.) He graduated B.D. and D.D., 
1871, and resigned his benefice in the following year. 

1861. For particulars of the population of these parishes at 
this date, see pp. 224, 225, 268, 269. 

1861. The Ballsbridge estate of John Duffy, Esq., deceased, 
sold in the Landed Estates Court, 25th April. For par- 
ticulars, see the Daily Express of the following day. 

1861. "The [Bloomfield] Retreat at Donnybrook, belong- 
ing to the Society of Friends, is another mixed private 
asylum, some of the inmates being admitted free, others 



458 APPENDIX III. 



paying from £80 to £160 a-year. We have every reason 
to speak in unqualified terms of satisfaction of this es- 
tablishment." (" Tenth Report relative to the Asylums 
in Ireland for Lunatics," 16th July, 1861.) " The im- 
provements and enlargement in this Institution by the 
addition of Swanbrook [which place has been mentioned 
in p. 432] being complete, there is accommodation for a 
few first-class patients." — Saunders's News-Letter, 22nd 
October, 18G4. 

1861. An article, entitled " A Stroll over Donnybrook Fair- 
Green " (the writer of which refers his readers to Parts 
I. and II. of this work c< for nearly every piece of infor- 
mation concerning the annals and statistics of Donnybrook 
that could be procured, or references to the books in which 
they are preserved"), appeared in the Dublin University 
Magazine (October, 1861), vol. lviii. pp. 492-503; 
and an article, entitled " Half an Hour at Ringsend," in 
Duffy's Illustrated Dublin Journal (26th October, 1861), 
vol. i. pp. 116, 117. 

1861. Professor John Smith, Mus. Doc, T.C.D., died at his 
residence, 25, Waltham- terrace, Blackrock, 12th Novem- 
ber. Dr. Smith was for many years a leading musical 
practitioner and composer in Dublin, and, a's is well 
known, did much to enrich the music of his adopted country. 
— Saunders's News-Letter, 13th November. 

1861. In pp. 133, 134, of " Christopheros and other Poems," 
by the late Ven. Walter B. Mant, M. A.., Archdeacon of Down 
(London, 1861), there are twenty lines entitled the u Fog- 
Bells." The scene is Sandymount Strand, where the 
author resided when the poem was composed. 

1862. The Booterstown Young Men's Christian Association 
founded in January of this year : its object being, 
" to unite its members in the bonds of Christian sympathy, 
and enlist their energies in works of Christian usefulness 
at home and abroad ; and to promote the spiritual, 
intellectual, and social improvement of the Young Men of 
the neighbourhood." Field- Marshal Hugh, Viscount 
Gough, K.P., etc., was the first Patron; and the Rev. 
Beaver H. Blacker, M.A., Incumbent of the parish, 
President. Annual Reports, quarterly programmes, etc., 
have been published. 

1862. The Convalescent Home, George's-place, Blackrock, 



ANNALS. 459 



opened for patients, 21st February. As appears from the 
First Annual Report, the number of patients admitted 
during the year was 57 ; and the amount of subscrip- 
tions and donations, £298 lis. The institution has 
been removed to the adjoining parish of Stillorgan, and 
is on a much larger scale. 

1862. Died "on the 25th inst. at Dawson Grove, Balls- 
bridge, in the 86th year of his age, Doctor Mack ay, for 
many years Curator of the College Botanic Garden." 
(Saunders's News- Letter, 27th February.) Doctor Mackay, 
whose name was so long associated with the College 
Botanic Garden, in the parish of Donnybrook, published a 
well-known 8vo volume, entitled "Flora Hibernica " 
(Dublin, 1836), and received from the University of 
Dublin, in 1849, the honorary degree of LL.D. He was 
buried in Mount Jerome Cemetery, Dublin, where there is 
this inscription : — " James Townsend Mackay, LL.D., 
Curator for many years of the Botanic Gardens of Trinity 
College, Dublin. Died at Dawson Grove, Ballsbridge, 
25th Feb 7 , 1862, aged 86 years." An obituary notice has 
been given in the "Proceedings of the Royal Irish 
Academy," vol. viii. p. 90. 

1862. Peter Thomas Legh, Esq., of 2, Lower Prince Edward- 
terrace, Blackrock, by will dated 19th December, 1859, 
left (with many other charitable bequests to be paid after 
his sister's death) £500 to the Hospital for Incurables, 
and £100 for the Roman Catholic poor of the parish of 
Booterstown. — Daily Express, 24th April. 

1862. On the 29th and 30th of April, a bazaar was held at 
the Rotundo. Dublin, under the patronage of His Excel- 
lency the Earl of Carlisle, in aid of the funds of the Hos- 
pital for Incurables. After deducting <£56 12s. 4d. for ex- 
penses, there remained no less a sum than £614 2s. 3d., 
which enabled the Governors to clear off a long-standing 
debt, and (besides admitting five patients in addition to 
their ordinary number) to endow a bed in perpetuity, 
which is always to be called "The bed founded by the 
bazaar of 1862 " — a tablet commemorative of the circum- 
stances being placed near it. {Saunders's News-Letter, 
1st September.) At a meeting of the Governors, held 
21st May, it was resolved, that " the warmest thanks of 
the Governors of the Hospital for Incurables are eminently 



460 APPENDIX III. 



due, and hereby sincerely tendered, to the ladies under 
whose auspices the late successful bazaar was held, and to 
the generous friends who have, through their instrumen- 
tality, taken such a lively interest in this Institution, and 
so liberally contributed to its funds. 7 ' [Report of the 
Bazaar.) See p. 393. 
1862. George Robert Charles, second Baron Herbert of Lea, 
succeeded to the titles and estates of his uncle, Robert 
Henry, twelfth Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery, who 
died iu Paris, 25th April, aged 71 years. 

1862. Henry Smith, Esq., of 43, Eccles-street, Dublin, by 
will dated 4th June, 1862, left (with five other legacies 
of equal amount) £466 13s. 4d. to the Hospital for In- 
curables ; the legacies to be placed at interest, and the 
interest to be applied to the relief of the poor by the ma- 
nagers of the respective establishments. And, subject to 
other bequests and conditions mentioned in said will, the 
testator directed, in a certain contingency, the residue of 
his property to be sold, and the produce placed at interest, 
and the interest to be divided among the six charities. — 
Saunders's News-Letter, 7th June. 

1862. Died " on the 15th inst., at his residence, Ruby Lodge, 
Williamstown [Blackrock], Thomas Bradley, Esq." 
(Saunders's News- Letter, 16th June.) " Mr. Bradley was 
owner of more house-property than any other proprietor in 
the kingdom ; and they who kept their engagements with 
him found in him one of the best and most improving land- 
lords. He was the artificer of his own fortune, and inci- 
dents are related of his early rise and progress near akin 
to the fabulous, if not to the legendary in their tone of 
romance. His office in Golden-lane is a celebrated spot 
in relation to the vicissitudes in life of many persons, and 
his name was for half a century literally as familiar as ' a 
household word ' in Dublin." 

1862. Particulars of a destructive fire at the Messrs. Pirn's 
Mills, Ringsend, may be found in Saunders's News-Letter, 
and the Irish Times, 29th July. 

1862. Died "on the 30th July, at Ballsbridge, Patrick 
Crowly, aged 101 years, an inhabitant of the above 
neighbourhood." — Saunders's News-Letter, 31st July. 

1862. In Saunders's News-Letter, 25th August, there is a 
long article on Donnybrook Fair and the " The Brook." 



ANNALS. 461 



1862. Joseph Ormsby Radcliff, Esq., LL.D., Judge of the 
Consistorial Court of Dublin, and Vicar-General of Ar- 
magh and Dublin, died 18th October, and was buried at 
St. Peter's, Dublin {Warder, 25th inst.), and not at 
Donnybrook, as stated in the Dublin Evening Mail of the 
22nd, although his father, the Right Hon. Judge Radcliff, 
and others of the family, had been buried in the latter 
graveyard (see pp. 38, 135). Archdeacon (now Dean) 
West succeeded him in the office of Vicar- General of 
Dublin. 

1862. The Rev. Laurence Forde, D.D., of St. Andrew's, 
Westland-row, Dublin, appointed Roman Catholic clergy- 
man of Booterstown, Blackrock, and Dundrum, on the 
death of Dr. Ennis, who had been appointed in 1838. He 
died 12th January, 1873. 

1863. For " A Lament for Donnybrook [Fair] ; a Lay of 
the last Minstrel of the Liberty," see the Dublin Uni- 
versity Magazine (March, 1863), vol. lxi. pp. 331-334. 
The reader, as is stated in the note prefixed to the article, 
" will gather that, in the fragmentary monologue which 
ensues, the last of the race of civic troubadours delivers an 
extemporary elegy on the last days of the National In- 
stitution." 

1863. The foundation-stone of the Roman Catholic " Church 
of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus," Donnybrook, laid 12th 
June, the architects being Messrs. Pugiu and Ashlin, and 
the builder, Mr. M. Meade, of Dublin. For particulars, see 
the Freeman 1 s Journal, and the Morning News, 13th June. 
Estimated cost of the building, as it now is, £6,000. 

1863. For mention of General Lord Downes, who died 26th 
July, see pp. 121, 320. 

1863. The Rev. Richard Henry Smyth, M.A. (1848),who had 
been ordained for the assistant-chaplaincy of St. Matthew's, 
Ringsend, in 1848, died after a brief illness, 9th Decem- 
ber. He was Chaplain to the Bishop of Cashel, etc. 
(Robert Daly, D.D.), and held the precentorship of Wa- 
terford, and (for a very short time before his death) the 
parish of Carrick, in the diocese of Lismore, to which he 
had been promoted from Ballynakill, in the diocese of Wa- 
terford. — Saunders's News-Letter, and Irish Times, 28th 
December. 

1863. The Blackrock Township Act, "for the improvement 



£62 APPENDIX III. 



of Blackrock, Monkstown, and Booterstown, in the ba- 
ronies of Dublin and Rathdown, and county of Dublin ;" 
and the Pembroke Township Act, " for the improvement 
of Pembroke Township, comprising Baggotrath, Donny- 
brook, Sandymount, Ringsend, and Irishtown, in the 
barony of Dublin, and county of Dublin," were passed 
this year. For full particulars, see pp. 253-256, 309- 
311. 

1864. For mention of Jonathan Osborne, Esq., M.D., who died 
at his residence, Clermont, Blackrock, 22nd January, see 
p. 329, n. 

1864. Archdeacon West promoted to the deanery of St. 
Patrick's and Christ Church, Dublin, and Dr. Lee, to the 
archdeaconry of Dublin. See p. 375. 

1864. Major-General Joseph Ellison Portlock, R.E., F.R.S., 
etc., died at his residence, Lota, Cross-avenue, Blackrock, 
14th February, and was buried in Mount Jerome Ce- 
metery, Dublin, where there is this inscription : — ( * Sacred 
to the memory of M. General Portlock, Royal Engineers, 
LL.D., F.R.S., &c, who departed this life on the xiv th of 
Feb y , mdccclxiv., aged lxix years. Eccl. xii. 6, 7 — 
* The memory of the just is blessed.' " He was well known 
in the scientific world, having published (besides other 
smaller works) an elaborate " Report of the Geology of 
the County of Londonderry, and of parts of Tyrone and 
Fermanagh " (8vo. Dublin, 1843). His " Memoir of the 
Life of Major-General Colby, R.E.," etc., has lately ap- 
peared in one volume (London, 1869). The geological 
portion of his library was presented by his widow to the 
Geological Survey of Ireland, as mentioned in the follow- 
ing letter, in Saunders's News- Letter, dated 7th March, 
1864: — " I venture to trespass on your space, with a request 
that you would make public an act of liberality, which 
should, I think, be generally known. Most persons will 
recollect that the late General Portlock, who died a few 
weeks ago at Lota, Blackrock, executed a geological 
survey of Londonderry and parts of the adjacent counties, 
in connection with the Ordnance Survey, publishing his 
general report in the year 1843. Mrs. Portlock has now 
presented to the existing Geological Survey of Ireland 
all the geological parts of the late General's library, con- 
sisting of many valuable works in English, French, and 
German, maps, drawings, parts of periodicals, etc., amount- 



ANNALS. 463 



ing altogether to upwards of a thousand. This donation 
was made on condition of the books being kept separate, 
as the 4 Portlock Library,' and preserved as belonging to 
the 'Geological Survey of Ireland,' which, as the letter 
of presentation expresses it, ■ is a national work in which 
the General had always felt a deep interest.' It was made 
through Mr. G. V. Du Noyer* (senior geologist to this 
survey), who formerly served as draughtsman under 
General Portlock in the North of Ireland. I need hardly 
add that the Portlock Library has been gratefully 
accepted, and its safe custody guaranteed, and Mrs. Port- 
lock's generosity suitably acknowledged by the Director- 
General of the Geological Survey of the United King- 
dom, Sir R. J. Murchison, and by your obedient servant, 
" J. Beete Jukes, 
" Local Director for Ireland." 

1864. The following case of longevity in the Hospital for 
Incurables is even more remarkable than the one men- 
tioned in p. 206. Eliza Stafford, suffering from ovarian 
tumour, was admitted 26th February, 1812, and died 
loth April, 1864, aged 80 years, having enjoyed the 
benefit and comforts of the Institution for more than 52 
years. Another female patient, it may be observed, was 
admitted in 1810, and survived until October, 1857. — 
Hospital Register. 

1864. The parish of Donnybrook separated from the corps 
of the archdeaconry of Dublin, by an order of the Privy 
Council, and the Rev. Frederick Fitzgerald, M.A. (1858), 
who had been appointed to the perpetual curacy in 1858, 
promoted to the rectory. Net annual value, £320. 
See the Irish Ecclesiastical Gazette, 20th May. Mr. 
Fitzgerald (now Vicar of Gillingham, Kent, in the diocese of 
Rochester) held the rectory until 1867, when he effected 
an exchange with the Rev. Dr. Ryder, Rector of Narragh- 
more, in the same diocese. 

1864. In Dickens's All the Year Round (4th June. 1864), 
vol. xi. pp. 395, 396, in an article on "The Fenian 
Brothers," a description of the Pigeon-house Fort, with 
its armoury, which is " said to be next in importance to 

* An able article on M the Geology of Booterstown and Donny- 
brook," by the late George Victor Du Noyer, Esq., M.R.I. A., 
F.R.G.S.I., etc., has been given in pp. 259-268. 



464 APPENDIX III. 



Woolwich," appeared. In the Dublin Evening Mail, 20th 
November, 1865. mention is made of the precautions taken 
by the Government in putting the Pigeon-house Fort 
into a proper state of defence. 

1864. The Archbishop of Dublin (Richard Chenevix 
Trench, D,D.) held the first of his Confirmations for the 
diocese in St. Mary's Church, Don ny brook, on Monday, 
13th June, when a large number of candidates presented 
themselves from the parishes of Donnybrook, Booterstown, 
etc. " The order and decorum of the arrangements was 
very striking." See the Irish Ecclesiastical Gazette 
(18th June), vol. vi. p. 146. 

1864. Charles Hopes, Esq., of Rockville, Mount Merrion- 
avenue, Blackrock, died 24th June, aged 94 years, and was 
buried at St. Michan's, Dublin, leaving the following be- 
quests for charitable purposes : — London .'Missionary 
Society, £3,000 ; United Presbyterian Church (Foreign 
Missions), £2,000; Free Church of Scotland, £2,000; 
Church Education Society for Ireland, £500 ; Hibernian 
Bible Society, £500 ; Turkish Missions' Aid Society, £500 ; 
Protestant Orphan Society, £100; Protestant Orphan 
Refuge, £100; Church Missionary Society, £100; Clare- 
mont Association for Deaf and Dumb, £100 ; Ragged 
School, Lurgan-street, Dublin, £100; Spanish Evan- 
gelization Society, £100; Moravian Missions, £100; 
and Montago Bay Academy (Jamaica), £50. Total, 
£9,250. 

1864. "Booterstown Avenue. — The aged and rather dilapi- 
dated appearance of this neighbourhood, which heretofore 
deterred strangers from abiding there, has altogether 
given place to most commodious and gay-looking ranges 
of dwelling-houses, so that we hope soon to see Booters- 
town as gay a watering-place as it was thirty years ago." 
— Irish Times, 1st July. 

1864. The Rev. William de Burgh, D.D. (1857),whohad been 
appointed to the chaplaincy of St. John the Evangelist's, 
Sandy mount, in 1850, promoted to the rectory of Ardboe,* 
in the diocese of Armagh (vacant by the promotion of 
Dr. Lee to the archdeaconry of Dublin), the patronage for 

* See an interesting lecture by the Rev. Thos. Twigg, M.A., Preben- 
dary and Vicar of Swords, entitled ** The Parish of Arboe and its 
Church History " (Cookstown, 1872). 



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this turn having been given by the Board of Trinity Col- 
lege to the Archbishop of Dublin. [Dublin Evening 
Mail, 16th July.) Dr. de Burgh died at Ardboe Rectory, 
Stewartstown, 15th October, 1866, and was buried in 
Mount Jerome Cemetery, Dublin, where there is this in- 
scription : — u In memory of William de Burgh, D.D., 
Rector of Ardboe, Dio. Armagh. Entered into rest 15th 
Oct., 1866, aged 65." He was "a very learned, able, 
and earnest minister of the Gospel ;" and was the author 
of " The Englishman's Hebrew and Greek Concordances " 
(3 vols.) ; " The Early Prophecies of a Redeemer ;" " The 
Early Messianic Prophecies of Isaiah ;" " A Commentary 
on the Book of Psalms " (2 vols.) ; " Twenty-one Dis- 
courses on the Life of Christ ;" " Lectures on the Second 
Advent of our Lord ; " An Exposition of the Book of 
1 The Revelation' ;'' and many other publications. He 
was Donnellan Lecturer in the University of Dublin (on 
the foundation of Mrs. Anne Donnellan), 1853 and 1862. 

1864. " Donnybrook Fair. — Yesterday was what used to be 
called ' Walking Sunday ' at Donnybrook ; but although 
the locality of the fair-green was rather thronged, there 
were not the numbers that used to assemble when the fair 
was in its hey-day. The people who went out to the 
place returned, contrary to the old style, early to town, 
and no disturbanceof any kind took place." — Daily Express, 
22nd August. 

1864. The Commissioners of Deep Sea Fisheries held an in- 
quiry at Ringsend into the state of the sea fisheries along 
the district of coast adjoining, as reported in Saunders's 
News- Letter, 22nd August. 

1864. Richard Smyth, Esq., J.P., died at his residence, 27, 
Harcourt-street, Dublin, 26th September. While Lord 
Mayor of Dublin in 1824, he made great improvements in 
the public markets, and, as mentioned in p. 145, " struck 
the first blow at the far-famed Fair of Donnybrook by 
stopping its continuance on Sunday." — lb. 28th September. 

1864. An engraving of St. Mary's, Donnybrook, is given in 
the Church of England Magazine (1st October, 1864), 
vol. lvii. p. 217, with a description of the building and 
its vicinity, taken, for the most part, from these " Brief 
Sketches." 

1864. An illustration of the interior of St. John's, Sandy- 

2 H 



466 APPENDIX III. 



mount, is given in the Dublin Builder, 1st October ; in 
which periodical it is staled that the building was designed 
by Benjamin Ferrey, Esq., of London, and the work 
carried out by Mr. George Farrell, under the superinten- 
dence of Frederick Darley, Esq., of Dublin. An engraving 
of the exterior is given in the Church of England Maga- 
zine (2nd September, 1865), vol. lix. p. 145, with a 
description of the building and its vicinity, taken, for the 
most part, from these " Brief Sketches." 

1864. Two brothers, aged respectively twenty and twelve 
years, sons of Edward S. Clarke, Esq., M.D., were 
drowned on the 29th September, while attempting to 
cross from the " Shelly Bank " to Merrion. See the Irish 
Times, 5th October, and Saunders's News-Letter, 19th of 
same month. 

1864. The Rev. Bennett C. Davidson, M.A.(1864), appointed 
to the chaplaincy of St. John's, Sandymount, vacant by the 
promotion of the Rev. William de Burgh, D.D., to the 
rectory of Ardboe. The trustees by whom the appoint- 
ment was made in November, subject to the approval of 
the Archbishop of the diocese, were : — Viscount de Vesci ; 
the Rev. James H. Todd, D.D., S.F.T.C.D. ; the Rev. 
Samuel Butcher, D.D., Regius Professor of Divinity, 
T.C.D. ; George Alexander Hamilton, Esq. ; John E. 
Vernon, Esq. ; Captain Frederick J. Isacke ; and the 
Rev. Frederick Fitzgerald, Rector of the parish of Donny- 
brook. Several particulars of Mr. Davidson may be 
found in Brady's " Clerical and Parochial Records of 
Cork, Cloyne, and Ross" (Dublin, 1864), vol. iii. p. 175. 

1864. The Wesleyan Chapel, Sandymount (of which the 
foundation-stone had been laid in June), opened 9th De- 
cember. The building was erected by the Messrs. 
Beardwood, from designs by Alfred G. Jones, Esq., of 
Dublin, at a cost of about £1,000 ; and accommodates 
250 persons. — Irish Times, 10th December. 

1864. Vestry-cess having been abolished in Ireland by Act 
27 Vict. c. 17, the officers in these parishes who were 
thereby deprived of their salaries and emoluments, became 
entitled to compensation respectively from the Commis- 
sioners of the Blackrock and Pembroke Townships. The 
vestry-cess levied in Booterstown for the ten years preced- 
ing its abolition amounted only to the sum of <£528 13s. 



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lOd. ; viz., 1854, £38 15s.; 1855, £39 15s.; 1856, 
£37 8s.; 1857, £57 17s. 2d. ; 1858, £48 Is. 6d. ; 1859, 
£43 18s. 5d. ; 1860, £77 17s. 8d. ; 1861, £59 0s. lid. ; 
1862, £62 10s. 2d. ; and 1863, £63 10s. 

1864. " The parishioners [of Donnybrook] will rejoice that 
at length the enlargement of the Parish Church is com- 
pletely paid for. The total sum expended thereon has 
been about £3,000, of which nearly one-third was raised 
in the parish, the remaining two-thirds being contributed 
by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. There remains some 
further improvement to be made in the interior, in order 
that the church may be more worthy of its sacred pur- 
pose." {Report of Parochial Institutions, 1864.) Seep. 
119. It is an edifice very different from its predecessor, 
the old parish-church of Donnybrook (see p. 11); of 
which there is the following record in the Dublin Visita- 
tion-book, 1726 : — "Haec ecclesia [de Donnabrooke] re- 
sediricata et restaurata per Rssimum Dnum Gulielmum 
[King], Dublin. Archiepum. Carolus Whittingham, cler., 
S.T.D., Archinus Dublin. Cura inservitur per Archinum." 
This restoration of the church may account for the burial 
of Archbishop King at Donnybrook, as mentioned in 
p. 164 and elsewhere. 

1865. The Dean's Grange Cemetery, Monkstown (for the 
Kathdown Poor Law Union, including the parish of 
Booterstown), opened. First interment, 27th January. 
Number of interments to 26th August, 1873, 2,475. — 
Register of Burials. 

1865. John Barrington, Esq., of Glenvar, Mount Merrion- 
avenue, Blackrock, served this year as Lord Mayor of 
Dublin. He (now Sir John Barrington) is a grandson of 
Mrs. Leadbeater, the early friend and correspondent of 
Edmund Burke ; and is a member of the Society of Friends, 
being the first of that body who has held the position of 
Lord Mayor. For particulars of his nomination to the 
office, see Saunders's News-Letter, 5th July, 1864. 
There is a portrait of him, with a brief account, in the 
Illustrated London News, 4th February, 1865. 

1865. " To-day the foundation-stone of the Town-hall of 
Blackrock will be laid with all due ceremony. The Town- 
hall will be a very handsome structure, and a great orna- 
ment to the township. The rooms are intended to be 



468 APPENDIX III. 



spacious, well ventilated, and well lighted. It speaks 
highly for the public spirit of this young township to 
have devoted a considerable sum for the construction of an 
edifice which will be a credit to all concerned in its erec- 
tion." {Irish Times, 15th February.) The building has 
been erected, and is most useful as well as ornamental. 

1865. Two letters respecting the income of the parish of 
Booterstown appeared in Saunders's News-Letter, 2nd and 
6th March. 

1865. For details of St. Bartholomew's Church, the founda- 
tion-stone of which was laid this year, see pp. 311, 312. 

1865. Mr. William Austin, C.E., submitted to the Cor- 
poration of Dublin drawings of a plan for the improvement 
— or, perhaps, it should rather be said, development to its 
fullest proportions — of the harbour. " His plan," as 
described in Saunders's News-Letter, 8th August, 
" contemplates the extension of the quays on both sides 
of the river Liffey, from their present limits at the North- 
wall Light and Ringsend respectively, a distance of two 
and a half miles, to Poolbeg Lighthouse, where the walls 
would turn off, on one side to Sutton, and on the other 
side to the southern shore of the bay, so as to sever from 
the sea a great part of the North and South Bulls. The 
spaces so cut off from the sea would be reclaimed, and on 
the north side part of the space would be occupied by an 
immense dock some two miles long and a half mile in 
width. An immense extent of quays would be afforded 
for warehouses, etc., around this dock and along the new 
North-wall down to the Poolbeg Light. The strand of 
Sandymount, as well as the North Bull, would be oblite- 
rated, and would in due time be replaced by green fields, 
and pleasant villas, and smiling gardens. An important 
feature in the project is the provision for carrying off the 
sewage of the city, which would consist of two great 
triangular reservoirs, one in the northern and the other 
in the southern reclaimed space, from which the sewage 
would be pumped out to fertilise the surrounding country. 
Upon the feasibility of the project, which looks very well 
on paper, we do not offer any opinion ; at the same time 
there seems to be little doubt that it actually foreshadows 
a state of our river and its quays which will at some future 
time be realised. The progress made within the la3t 
twenty years has been so great that there is reasonable 



ANNALS. 469 



ground for expecting that warehouses, and all their 
accompanying signs of busy industry, will be carried much 
farther down the north side of the river than they are at 
present. Mr. Austin's plan, however, is a gigantic one, 
which would require for its accomplishment a gigantic 
union of capital and enterprise, if attempted as a whole." 
In contrast with the state of the harbour of Dublin as it 
is, and as it may become, the following account of what 
it was, written (according to Bishop Percy, as noted by 
him on the MS.) by a member of the Egerton family, 
and taken from " Travels in Ireland in 1635," is 
curious : — " Wee came to the cittie of Dublin, July 9th, 

about 10 houre This cittie of Dublin is 

seated upon the river Liffie, which is not navigable above 
the bridge. The river is noe good channell, butt full of 
shelves and sands ; and here is a very vile barred haven, 
over which few shipps can pass that carrye 400 tuns, or 
thereaboutes. The harebour here is very naked, playne, 
and the least shelter and protection from storms that I 
have found in any haven. The most shipps ride by the 
Kings-end, which is a point which runnes into the sea, 
butt itt is soe low as itt is verye poore and bare shelter, 
and little defence against the violence of the stormes, soe 
as the king's shippe which lyes here to scowre the coastes, 
is constrained to remoove for harbour, sometimes under the 
head of Howaed [Howth], sometimes under the opposite 
shoare." — Christian Examiner, vol. ii. pp. 215, 216 
(March, 1826). 

1865. Monday evening, 31st July, five young men, Messrs. 
Ryan, Brown, Turner, Mulcahy, and Fitzgerald, were lost 
near Poolbeg Light-house, on their way in a small boat 

from Ringsend to Kingstown Dublin Evening Post, 

9th August. 

1865. Henry John Temple, third Viscount Palmerston (born 
20th October, 1784), K.G., G.C.B., P.C., M.P. for 
Tiverton, First Lord of the Treasury, Constable of Dover 
Castle, and Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, died 18th 
October. As he left no issue, the title is extinct He 
was the owner of property in the parish of Donnybrook ; 
and he bequeathed his estates to Lady Palmerston (who 
died in September, 1869), with remainder to her second 
son, the present Right Hon. William F. Cowper- Temple, 
M.P. for South Hampshire. 



470 APPENDIX III. 



1865. Merrion Castle, which had been the residence of Wm. 
Sobieski Kildahl, Esq., became this year "St. Mary's 
Asylum for Female Blind " (transferred from Portobello, 
Dublin), under the management of the Sisters of Charity. 
See the Freemaris Journal, 15th September, 1866. 
Additions on an extensive scale have since been made to 
the building. 

1865. The Martello towers at Williamstown and Sandy- 
mount (see p. 194) were this year dismantled. " When 
the jingle- driver on the Blackroek-road informed the 
traveller that the use of the Martello towers, erected along 
the bay of Dublin, was ' to puzzle posterity/ he little 
knew that what he contemplated respecting those modern 
edifices was in such actual fulfilment with regard to the 
Round Towers of an earlier age, which have indeed 
* puzzled posterity ' with a vengeance, and are likely to do 
so for many a day to come." — Colonel Blacker's "Ard- 
magh, a Chronicle ; The Fire Towers,'' etc. (Armagh, 
1848), p. 20, n. 

1865. " The History of the Hospital for Incurables " (12mo. 
Dublin, pp. 36), by Cheyne Brady, Esq., M.R.I.A., 
appeared this year. For a long Note on the Hospital, see 
pp. 380-395. 

1866. Merrion Graveyard closed against all burials from the 
1st of May, by an order of the Privy Council. (Dublin 
Gazette, 13th April.) Besides the tombstone placed 
here in 1807 or following year, by direction of the Earl 
of Harrington (see p. 52), and many others, there is one 
with this inscription : — " Sacred to the memory of John 
Kelly, Esq., Revenue Officer, late of Westport, in the Co. 
Mayo, who departed this life May 15th, 1824, aged 42 
years. his stone was erected by his beloved wife in 
testimony of her regard for him." Three letters, descrip- 
tive of the wretched state of this old burial-place (which has 
since been properly fenced and otherwise improved), 
appeared in Saunders's News-Letter, 19th, 25th, and 31st 
May, 1865. 

1866. Particulars of the singular discovery of a large quantity 
of old silver coins (chiefly of the time of the Common- 
wealth) in Southhill-avenue, Blackrock, may^ be found 
in the Irish Times, and Saunders's News-Letter, 9th July. 

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ANNALS. 471 



of 25-344 inches to the statute mile (from a survey in 1865 
by Captain Martin, R.E.), was zincographed under the 
direction of Captain Wilkinson, R.E., at the Ordnance 
Survey Office, Phoenix Park, Dublin, and published this 
year in two sheets. An alteration has been therein made 
in the boundary of the parish (where it adjoins the parish 
of Stillorgan in Avoca-avenue, Blackrock), under the 
provisions of the Boundary Survey Acts, 17 Vict. c. 17, 
20 and 21 Vict. c. 45, and 22 and 23 Vict. c. 8 ; but 
this alteration affects the lands in question simply for 
purposes of public assessments, viz. Poor-rate, County- 
cess, and Income-tax ; and does not in any way interfere 
with ecclesiastical, private, or other rights. — Official 
Information. 

1867. The Rev. Arthur Gore Ryder, D.D. (1859), Rector of 
Narraghmore, in the diocese of Dublin,* became Rector of 
Donnybrook, 1st May, by exchange with the Rev. 
Frederick Fitzgerald, M.A., who had been promoted to the 
rectory in 1864. Dr. Ryder presided for some years over 
the Tipperary Grammar School ; and is the author of 
" The Scriptural Doctrine of Acceptance with God, 
considered in reference to the Neologian Hermeneutics," 
six Lectures preached before the University of Dublin in 
1863, on the foundation of Mrs. Anne Donnellan (8vo. 
pp. xxiv. 341, Dublin, 1865). 

1867. "Yesterday morning [the Vartry] water from the 
Stillorgan reservoir was turned on for the supply of the 
Pembroke Township. . . . The advantage to the 
poorer districts of Ringsend and Irishtown, as well as to 
the entire township at the present season, is very great, 
and will probably raise the value of property considerably." 
(Saunders s News- Letter, 20th June.) The Blackrock 
Township was supplied about the same time with water 
from the same source. Mrs. Henry Tighe, the authoress 
of " Psyche, with other Poems" (5th ed., London, 1816), 

* Narraghmore, according to present arrangements, is classed 
tinder the diocese of Glendalough ; as, for example, in M Charles's 
Irish Church Directory," 1870, for the first time. For several par- 
ticulars of this diocese, the reader is referred to a privately-printed 
tract by the Rev. William Reeves, D.D., of Armagh, entitled 
" Analysis of the United Dioceses of Dublin and Glendalough," 
Dublin, 1869. 



472 APPENDIX III. 



has made this " pure " and very useful stream the subject 
of her muse, in lines (pp. 244-247) commencing thus — 

" Sweet are thy banks, Vartree 1 when at morn 

Their velvet verdure glistens with the dew ; 

When fragrant gales, by softest zephyrs borne, 

Unfold the flowers, and ope their petals new. 

** How bright the lustre of thy silver tide, 

Which winds, reluctant to forsake the vale ! 
How play the quivering branches on thy side, 
And lucid catch the sun-beam in the gale I" 

1867. St. Bartholomew's Church (see pp. 311, 312) con- 
secrated 23rd December. There is a register of baptisms 
from 7th January, 1868; and of marriages from 23rd 
June in same year. The Rev. Richard Travers Smith, 
B.D., is the present Incumbent, having succeeded, in 
1871, the Rev. Arthur A. Dawson, M.A., Rector of Necton, 
in the diocese of Norwich. 

1868. By Act 31 and 32 Vict. c. 117, passed 31st July, 
*' to secure uniformity of designation amongst Incumbents 
in certain cases," the Incumbent of Booterstown, for 
example, became the Vicar of the parish. 

1868. In the " Report of Her Majesty's Commissioners on 
the Revenues and Condition of the Established Church 
(Ireland)," published this year, sundry particulars of 
Booterstown may be found in p. 328; Donnybrook, p. 
334 ; St. John's, Sandy mount, p. 340 ; and St. Matthew's, 
Ringsend, p 346. 

1868. "The Story of Mairwara ; or, Our Rule in India" 
[by Henry W. Mulvany, Esq.], appeared in a small 8vo 
volume (London, 1868). Prefixed is a portrait of General 
Hall, C.B., of Merville, "the founder, and main promoter, 
of the reforms in Mairwara" ; and who now, $t at the 
age of eighty, is one of the most effective magistrates of 
the neighbourhood, and the chief man of business of many 
institutions, committees, and public societies." Merville, 
as mentioned in p. 92, is close to Booterstown, and was for 
several years the residence of the first Lord Downes. 

1868. Extensive additions to Booterstown Church, including 
a transept, chancel, robing-room, and porch, commenced 
in the early part of this year, and satisfactorily completed, 
as stated in pp. 222, 223. 



ANNALS. 473 



1869. Field Marshal Hugh, Viscount Gough, G.C.B., etc., 
died at his residence, St. Helen's, Booterstown, 2nd March, 
in his ninetieth year. For a biographical sketch of this 
distinguished veteran, see pp. 247-252. 

1869. In a letter from William Gernon, Esq., one of the 
Secretaries of the Board of Charitable Donations and 
Bequests, dated 15th July, 1869, and published in the 
Irish Times of the 17th, there are these particulars of 
Hugh O'Neill's Charity, which has proved highty beneficial 
to many parishioners of Donnybrook: — "Mr. O'Neill 
is described as Hugh O'Neill, in the county of Dublin, Esq. 
His will bears date the 1st of May, 1786. The executor 
was the Right Hon. Patrick Duigenan, LL.D. [see p. 87], 
who, I believe, was Judge of the Prerogative Court ; and 
the will provides that the personal representatives of Dr. 
Duigenan shall at all times be the administrators of the 
charity. It is at present administered by Miss Hepenstal 
[since deceased], of Sandymount House [in the parish of 
Donnybrook], who claims to be the surviving representative 
of the executor. The bequest is partly for pensions to 
aged persons, and partly for an apprenticing fund. By 
an order of the Board I am engaged in an inquiry into the 
administration of this fund. I have seen a large box full 
of documents, which prove that great care and pains are 
bestowed in the carrying out of the details. The annual 
amount available is £91, and there are at present on the 
fund eleven aged persons, each receiving £4 annually. 
Several young persons are also each year apprenticed to 
trades, a fee of £6 or thereabouts being paid with each." 

1869. Miss Elizabeth Mageougb, for many years of Glen- 
ville, Donnybrook, died this year, having left by will, 
dated 8th July, 1862, with many large bequests to other 
charitable institutions, £500 to the Hospital for Incurables. 
The "said will also contains a devise and bequest of all 
the rest, residue, and remainder of the property, estates, 
and effects of the said testatrix, whether in possession, 
reversion, or expectancy, and of whatsoever nature or 
description, and wheresoever situate, unto the following 
trustees, namely: — The trustees and executors already 
named [Francis Low, Samuel Bewley, jun., and John 
"Wight Hobart Seymour, Esqrs.], the Rev. Charles Fleury, 
Rev. Edward Metcalf, and Rev. Maurice Neligan, upon 
trust, to found and permanently establish an Institution 



474 APPENDIX III. 



for the habitation, support, and clothing of aged females 
professing the Protestant faith, and of good character and 
sobriety, to be called the ' Home for Aged Females,' such 
Institution to be subject to such rules and regulations for 
the admission of inmates, and for the general conduct and 
management of the Institution, as said trustees, or other 
the trustees for the time being to be appointed in their 
stead, or the majority of them, shall from time to time 
direct." — Daily Express, 12th November. 

1869. The Rev. Arthur Gore Ryder, D.D., Rector of Donny- 
brook, appointed by the Crown to the chaplaincy of St. 
Matthew's, Ringsend, as an ad interim benefice, on the 
death of Dr. Wall (see p. 446), who had been appointed 
in 1831. Dr. Ryder had held the assistant-chaplaincy 
for some time before Dr. Wall's death, which occurred after 
the passing of the Irish Church Act, but before it came 
into full operation. 

1870. The Right Hon. Edward Litton, Master in Chancery, 
and for many years resident at Castledawson, Williams- 
town, died in Dublin 22nd January, aged 82 years, and 
was buried in Mount Jerome Cemetery. Master Litton 
was for a long time a worthy parishioner of Booterstown. 

1870. The House of Rest, and St. John's Home for Incur- 
able Women (instituted " in grateful and affectionate 
memory of the late author of the ' Christian Year ' "), 
both in Longford-terrace, Merrion, opened under the 
patronage of the Archbishop of the diocese. 

1870. At a General Meeting of the Vestrymen of Booters- 
town, held 4th July, under the provisions of the Irish 
Church Act, 1869, John Bolton Massy, John James 
Hamilton, and James Apjohn, M.D., Esqrs., elected 
Parochial Nominators ; William Williamson, Henry 
Dwyer, William J. Welland, and William B. Brett, Esqrs., 
Diocesan Synodsmen ; and (to act in conjunction with 
the Clergy and Churchwardens) John H. Longford, 
Henry Bussell, Joseph Kelsall, William J. Welland, 
William Carter, David Armstrong, Charles Rankin, J. 
Cochran Davys, Robert A. Millner, John Stone, Joseph 
Corny ns, and Henry Page, Esqrs., Select Vestrymen. — 
Minute Book. 

1870. Captain Frederick J. Isacke, Moliere Tabuteau, and 
William H. Hopper, Esqrs., elected Parochial Nominators 



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for Donnybrook ; and (to act with the Clergy and Church- 
wardens) Moliere Tabuteau, William George Du Bedat, 
Frederick Manders, and John B. Johnston, Esqrs., Select 
Vestrymen. — Parochial Report, 

1870. The sum of £200 contributed by John James Hamil- 
ton, Esq., of Herbert Lodge, Sydney-avenue, Blackrock, in 
September of this year, towards the cost of " building a pro- 
per substantial glebe-house for the exclusive use of the Pro- 
testant (Church of Ireland) Rector of the parish of Booters- 
town." Mr. Hamilton died at Lisdoonvarna, in the county 
of Clare, 23rd July, 1872, leaving by will, dated the 5th of 
same month, (with other charitable bequests) -£100 to 
"the Irish Church Schools in Cross-avenue, Booterstown," 
and £50 to the Meath Protestant Industrial School for 
Boys, Elm- cliff, Blackrock. See Daily Express, 9th De- 
cember, 1872. 

1870. Charles Philips Croker, Esq., M.D. (see p. 206), who 
for many years gave a large share of his time and attention 
gratuitously to the Hospital for Incurables, died at 
his residence in Merrion- square, Dublin, 11th Ja- 
nuary, aged 74 years, and was buried in Mount Jerome 
Cemetery. 

1871. " John Bolton Massy, Esq — In our obituary of this 
day will be seen recorded the death of this estimable gen- 
tleman, which took place at his seat, Clareville [Cross- 
avenue, Blackrock], near this city, last Saturday [the 4th]. 
Mr. Bolton Massy in early life was called to the Bar, and 
became the intimate friend and associate of William Saurin, 
the eminent lawyer and Attorney-General for Ireland. 
His talents would no doubt have secured him a prominent 
position in his profession, had he not retired upon an ample 
fortune, inherited from a relative. The whole of his after- 
life has been devoted to those social duties the exercise of 
which endeared him to his family and numerous friends. 
His acts of unostentatious benevolence and charity will 
be remembered by many a recipient of his bounty." 
(Irish Times, 8th February.) Mr. Bolton Massy, like- 
wise of Ballywire, in the county of Tipperary, reached the 
advanced age of 84 years, and wa3 buried in Mount 
Jerome Cemetery, Dublin. 

1871. For particulars of the population of these parishes in 
April of this year, see pp. 396, 397. 



476 APPENDIX III. 



1871. David Ogden, James H. Owen, and Robert Green, 
Esqrs., elected Diocesan Synodsmen for St. John's, 
Sandymount; and (to act with the Clergy and Church- 
wardens, Thomas R. Brunskill and John Marr, Esqrs.) 
F. C. Harrington, David Ogden, Robert Green, James H. 
Owen, Henry Barton, Arthur H. Robinson, Ernest S. 
Marr, Edward J. Armstrong, John Battersby, A. Knox 
Galwey, and William D. Sharpe, Esqrs., Select Vestry- 
men. — Parochial Report. 

1871. By an act of the Diocesan Council the parish of St. 
Matthew, Irishtown, comprising an extensive area and a 
large population, was formed out of the parish of Donny- 
brook ; and the Rev. Robert Baker Stoney, M.A. 
(1870), who had been for some time one of the curates of 
Donnybrook, appointed to the new incumbency. 

1871. William H. Adams, sen., Richard Brassington, and 
Richard Clegg, Esqrs., elected Parochial Nominators 
for St. Matthew's, Irishtown ; and (to act with the Clergy 
and Churchwardens, William H. Adams, sen., and Henry 
Gregory, Esqrs.) Richard Brassington, Richard Clegg, 
Benjamin Flood, James K. Atkin, Robert Jones, John 
Mathers, Joseph Taylor, Robert Cooper, Robert Stevenson, 
and William H. Greene, Esqrs., Select Vestrymen. — 
Parochial Report. 

1871. The "Meath" Protestant Industrial School opened 
for the reception of boys from any part of Ireland, 
9th May; Elmcliff, Blackrock, having been taken by the 
Committee for the purpose, at an annual rent of £80 for 
five years. The Report for 1872 has been published. 
At the close of that year 42 boys were receiving the bene- 
fits of the School. Not having been open when the 
census was taken in April, 1871, it is not included therein. 

1871. Miss Arminella H. Batt, late of 21, Waltham-terrace, 
Blackrock, who died in October of this year, by will, dated 
14th July, 1864, bequeathed £50 to the Schools of Booters- 
town Church, £50 to the Schools of Carysfort Church, 
Blackrock, £50 to the Hospital for Incurables, Donny- 
brook, and £600 to other charitable institutions in Dublin 
and Belfast. 

1871. The Rev. Alured H. Alcock, M.A., for some time 
Curate of Booterstown, having been awarded £100 per 
annum under the provisions of the Irish Church Act, 1869, 



ANNALS. 



477 



compounded his annuity ; and having generously handed 
over an amount equal to what had been retained by the Re- 
presentative Church Body, the two sums, making £1,101 
10s. 9d., and yielding £44 per annum, have been allo- 
cated towards the payment of a curate or assistant- 
minister. 

1871. The following contributions (with others of less amount) 
received for the Donnybrook Parochial Endowment Fund : 
— William Jameson, Esq., £500 ; James Jameson, Esq., 
£500; Frederick Manders, Esq., £200; Mrs. Tabuteau, 
£200 ; Mrs. George Roe, £105 ; Alfred Hudson, Esq., 
M.D., £100 ; Captain Isacke, £100 ; Lieut.-General 
O'Neill, £100 ; Rev. Arthur Gore Ryder, D.D., £100; 
Colonel Bramston Smith, £100 ; and Edward Wright, 
Esq., LL.D., £100. — Parochial Reports. 

1871. The cost of the Railway Station and Station-house, 
Lansdowne-road, Ballsbridge, defrayed by the Earl of 
Pembroke, per John E. Vernon, Esq., D.L. 

1871. The Rev. Edmund F. Rambaut, B.A. (1850), Rector of 
Kilfithmone, in the diocese of Cashel, appointed to the 
chaplaincy of Christ Church, Carysfort, Blackrock, having 
exchanged with the Rev. Francis H. Thomas, who had been 
appointed in 1844. 

1872. From a Statement of Taxes for 1872 (within the bo- 
rough of Dublin and eight townships), " compiled for the 
use of the Blackrock Commissioners by G. R. Hitchcock, 
Secretary," the assessments in the (I.) Blackrock and 
(II.) Pembroke Townships were as follows : — 



I. 




s. 


d. 


II. 


e. 


d. 


Improvement Rate, 


at 


2 





Improvement Rate, at 


1 


10 


Water do. 


,, 





4 


Water do. „ 





4 


Sinking Fund do. 


,, 





6 


Sinking Fund do. „ 





4 


Poor do. 


, 





11 


Poor do. „ 


1 


2 


Police Tax 







8 


Police Tax „ 





8 


Bridge do. 


»> 





2 


Bridge do. ,, 





2 



Total 4 7 Total 4 6 

The area of the former, as given by Mr. Hitchcock, is 
1,070 acres; the valuation, £42,719 ; and the population, 
7,998: the area of the latter, 1,489 acres ; the valuation, 
£72,261 ; and the population, 21,102. 

1872. Thomas Clifford, Esq., of Greenwood, Avoca-avenue, 
Blackrock, who died this year, left by will, dated 1st April, 



478 APPENDIX III. 



1871, his house, furniture, etc., to the Governors of the 
Hospital for Incurables, and made them residuary legatees, 
for the benefit of the institution. Probate granted 3rd 
June, 1872. 

1872. The Railway Station-house, Sydney- parade, Merrion, 
erected. 

1872. St. Matthew's Churchyard, Irishtown, closed against 
interments, 13th July. See pp. 341, 342. 

1872. Anne, Countess of Clonmell, who had succeeded her 
father, Ulysses, Lord Downes (see pp. 123, 320), in the 
possession of his property in Donnybrook, died at the 
family-mansion, Bishop's Court, Co. Kildare, 18th No- 
vember, aged 53 years. See Saunders's News- Letter of 
the 26th for particulars of the funeral. 

1872. The ground-rents in College- street and Fleet-street, 
Dublin, forming the chief part of the endowment of the 
parish of Booterstown (see pp. 28, 207J, declared by the 
Commissioners of Church Temporalities in Ireland to be 
forfeited under the provisions of the Irish Church Act, 
1869 ; but an equivalent secured to the parish from the 
.£500,000 granted in lieu of Private Endowments. For 
particulars of the case, see the Booterstown Vestry Minute- 
book, pp. 95-97. 

1873. The Rev. John Farrell, of St. Catherine's, Meath- 
street, Dublin, appointed Roman Catholic clergyman of 
Booterstown, Blackrock, and Dundrum, in place of the 
Rev. Dr. Forde, who, having been appointed in 1862, 
died 12th January, 1873. 

1873. Henry Dwyer, William Williamson, and John Edward 
Vernon, D.L., Esqrs., elected, at the Easter Vestry, Paro- 
chial Nominators for Booterstown ; and Frederick J. 
Isacke, William Jameson, and William H. Hopper, Esqrs., 
for Donnybrook. 

1873. St. John's Church, Sandymount, licensed in July for 
the solemnization of marriages. For a copy of the " Me- 
morandum of Agreement between Rev. A. G. Ryder, D.D., 
of S. Mary's, Donnybrook, and Rev. B. C. Davidson, M.A., 
of S. John's, Sandymount," see the Sandymount Parochial 
Report, 1872-1873, p. 7. 

1873. "The People's Park, Blackrock.— The Township 



ANNALS. 479 



Commissioners have decided upon borrowing the sum of 
£3,000, at 4J per cent., for the purpose of carrying out 
this very useful project." — Irish Builder, 1st August. 

1873. " The Royal Chapel of St. Matthew, Ringsend, better 
and more appropriately known as Irishtown Church, for 
it stands almost on the boundary-line between Irishtown 
and Sandymount, has, in the second century of its exis- 
tence, undergone some alterations in its appearance, which 
are decided improvements. A few years ago the coating 
of slap-dashed mortar, with which the bad taste of a for- 
mer generation had caused the entire stonework of the 
steeple to be covered, was removed ; but a great part of 
the church still remained half hidden from view by a high 
dead-wall in front, and the wooden entrance-gate was of the 
rudest character. With the assistance of the parishioners, 
the Rev. Robert B. Stoney, the Incumbent, has had the 
wall lowered to half its former altitude, and covered by a 
coping of castellated limestone blocks resting upon a row 
of ornamental brickwork, and has substituted for the old 
entrance-gate a handsome and spacious iron one, with 
granite supports. The old church porch, and the ivy 
creeping up at either side, are now visible from the high 
road ; and while the antique character of the building has 
not been interfered with, the general result of the recent 
alterations has been to adapt its outward appearance to 
that of the surrounding locality, which has become altered 
very much for the better since the early part of the last 
century, when the church was built." (Daily Express, 5th 
August.) Improvements have also been effected in the 
interior, by the erection of a new organ, etc. The fol- 
lowing is an extract from the Dublin Visitation-book, 
1726 : — " Capella Sancti Mathei de Ringsend. Hsec ec- 
clesia aedificata et consecrata per Rssimum Dnum Guliel- 
mum [King], Archiepum Dublin. Johannes Borow, M.A., 
Capellanus Licentiatus. Habet salarium centum librarum 
ster. a Rege," etc. In the Visitation-book of 1706 the 
church is referred to for the first time, but no particulars 
recorded ; and in 1712 " Capella de Ringsend " is described 
as "noviter erecta." See pp, 20, 70, 72, 146. 



480 APPENDIX III. 



fwtors at §0ttjt2lrr00&. 

1864. Frederick Fitzgerald, M.A. (see p. 463). 
1867. Arthur Gore Ryder, D.D., the present Rector. 



an at M. $0jfn's, Saitipunmt, 

[ Continued from /?. 101.] 
1864. Bennett Clear Davidson, M.A., the present Chaplain. 



detain jrf 3t ftattjpto's, pngsmir, 

[ Continued from p. 101.] 
1869. Arthur Gore Ryder, D.D. (see p. 474). 



$nnrattant of &L Hattys, $ris]|i0tott. 

1871. Robert Baker Stoney, M.A., the present Incumbent. 



CjpiMJrtowlrm of §fffltmtfffott, 

\_Continued from p. 103.] 

1860. Isaac Matthew D'Olier and Frederick Archer Barlow. 

1861. Henry Lofcus Tottenham and John Rutherfoord D'Olier. 

1862. Frederick Archer Barlow and John Fitzgerald. 

1863. Emanuel Henry Bayly and Edmund Meares Kelly. 



ANNALS. 481 



1864. John Henry Longford and Richard Salter. 

1865. John Henry Longford and George Andrews, 

1866. John Henry Longford and Harry Hodges. 

1867. John Henry Longford and William Carter. 

1868 ) 

1ST 9* v ^ onn Henry Longford and William Baillie Brett. 

1870. Henry Dwyer and William "Williamson. 

1871. William John Welland and David Armstrong. 

1872. David Armstrong and William Baillie Brett. 

1873. Daniel Sullivan and George Battersby. 



The following names have been taken chiefly from the 
parish-register (1712-1768), the annual visitation-returns 
from the parish, and the visitation-books of the diocese of 
Dublin ; in some cases information having been derived from 
newspapers. The list is incomplete ; but it cannot be made 
less so, at least for the present, the names of many who have 
held the office, not appearing in any available sources of in- 
formation : — 

1639. Thomas Tallis and Hugh Jennings. 

1640. James Browne and John Gore. 

1641. Thomas Fox and William Mackenally. 
1645. Thomas Fox and Richard Winstanley.* 



* The foregoing churchwardens (six of them having been already 
mentioned in p. 401, on the authority of Dr. "Brady's MSS., Dio. 
Dublin,") appear in the earliest visitation-book (1639-1648), under 
the title of "Guardiani." 

At that period the i; Deeanatus Christianitatis " corresponded to 
what has long since been divided into the deaneries of North Dublin 
and South Dublin, and comprised the following churches, as enume- 
rated in the first list in the book : (1) St. Michael's, (2) St. John's, 
(3) St. Michan's, (4) St. Audoen's, (5) St. Werburgh's, (6) St. Ni- 
cholas' extra muros, (7) St. Nicholas' intra muros, (8) St. Catherine's 
and St. James', (9; St. Michael's of the Pool, (10) St. Kevin's, (11) 
St. Peter's de Monte, (12) St. Bridget's, (13) St. Stephen's, and (14) 
Donnabrooke. The deaneries of the diocese at the same date were, 
(1) Deeanatus Christianitatis, (2) Swordes, (3) Garristowne, (4) 

2 i 



482 APPENDIX III. 



1699. William Porter and Richard Croshaw (see p. 160). 

1702. Thomas Rousson and Philip Brockett. 

1703. James Lundy (p. 281) and Robert Chadwieke. 

Luske, (5) Novum Castrura juxta Lyons, (6) Tany, (7) Finglasse, 
(8) Ballyraore, (9) Bray, (10) Wickloe, (11) Arckloe, (12) O'Mur- 
thie, and (13) Leixlipp, al. Saltus Salmonis. 

Nathaniel Hoyle, M.A. (1635), who has been mentioned in p. 401, 
was " curatus " of Donnybrook, 1639-1613, as recorded in this visita- 
tion-book. In " Travels in Ireland in 1635," published in the 
Christian Examiner, vol. ii. (Dublin, 1826), there is the following 
notice of him, p. 219 : — " At 10 houre this Lord's day I heard Doc- 
tor Hoile preach att St. War burrs, and att 3 in the afternoon in the 
same church. Hee is a most holly man, full of zeale and grace, a 
generall scholler, but nott sufficiently furnished with wordes to ex- 
press that fullness of matter which abounds in him, who is a mere 
cynick to the world, butt doubtless a gratious man in the sight of 
God." According to Archdeacon Cotton (" Fasti," vol. v. p. Ill), 
Ambrose Aungier, M.A., Chancellor of St. Patricks, and Rector of 
St. Werburgh's, Dublin, " had for his curate here [at St. Werburgh's] , 
in 1639, the well-known preacher, Dr. Hoyle." 

In the same visitation -book the names of the following " curates " 
of Donnybrook likewise appear : — Johannes "Watson, M.A., 
1644 (probably the John Watson, who had been elected a Fellow of 
Trinity College, Dublin, in 1631, and had graduated M.A. in the 
same year) ; Georgius Hudson, M. A., 1645-1646 ; Johannes Butler, 
1647 ; and William Selby, M.A., 1648. 

The second visitation-book commences with the year 1703; and 
from that date to the present the annual series is almost complete. It 
may have been the case that in some years there was not any visi- 
tation. 

Isaac Mann, D.D., Archdeacon of Dublin, held a visitation of the 
clergy of the deanery of Dublin '* in the Cathedral Church of Saint 
Patrick, at the usual place of judicature there, on Thursday, the 1 3th 
day of November, in the year of our Lord 1760, between the hours 
of eleven in the forenoon and one in the afternoon of the same day." 
The deanery comprised the following churches: — (1) St. Audoen's, 
(2) St. Michael's, (3) St. Michan's, (4) St. Mary's, (5) St. Thomas', 
(6) Chapel of St. George, (7) St. Paul's, (8) St. John's, (9) St. 
Nicholas' within the Walls, (10) St. Werburgh's, (11) St. Andrew's, 
(12) St. Mark's, (13) St. Nicholas' without the Walls, (14) St. Luke's, 
(15) St. Peter's, (16) St. Kevin's, (17) St. Bridget's, (18) St. Mi- 
chael's of the Marsh, (19) St. Ann's, (20) St. Catherine's, (21) St. 
James', (22) Donnabroke, (23) Chapel of St. Matthew of Ringsend, 
(24) Manor of Grangegorman, and (25) French Church of St. Patrick. 
In Notes and Queries, 3rd S. iv. 267, the following communica- 
tion appeared : — " Is there any later instance on record of an archi- 
diaconal visitation in Ireland than that which was held by Arch- 
deacon Pococke (the learned and accomplished traveller, and subse- 
quently Bishop of Meath), in St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, in 
the year 1746 ?" An answer to the query is supplied in this para- 
graph. 

Several particulars of the rural deaneries of the diocese of Dublin 
are given in the Rev. William Dansey's " Horse Decanicae Rurales," 
etc. (2nd ed., London, 1844;, vol. ii„ pp. 516-520. 



AXXALS. 483 

1704. Robert Causer (p. 125) and Samuel Thomas. 

1705. John Bromley and Thomas Hall (p. 125). 

1709. Edward Monser and Richard Conquest (?). 

1710. Humphrey Denny (p. 272) and Richard Blackham. 

1711. John Moulds (p. 129) and Patrick Bryan. 

1712. Patrick Kelley (p. 277) and Thomas Freeman (p. 71). 

1713. Henry Lee and Humphrey Denny. 

1714. John Hopkins and Abraham Mallet.* 

1715. Edward Johnson and John Lee. 

1716. Thomas Twigg (p. 162) and William Thomson. 

1717. William Browne and Simon Johnson. 

1718. George Shonon (?) and Samuel Adams. 

1719. Thomas Thomas (p. 293) and Thomas Wilkinson(p. 71). 

1722. Robert Roberts (p. 131) and Thomas Smith. 

1723. William Moore and John Mansergh. 

1724. Samuel Harding and William KennelL 

1725. James Lawles and Jos. Gothard. 

1726. Richard Causzar and Edward Hall. 

1727. George Wilkinson. 

1728. Isaiah Teates (p. 410) and John Day (p. 163). 

1729. Thomas Griesdall (p.231) and Richard Goodwin(p.l65). 

1730. James Twigg (p. 273) and Thomas Taylor. 

1731. James Twigg and James Guy. 

1734. Edward King and George Anderson (p. 290). 

1735. Peter West and Charles Day. 

1737. Allen M'Lean and John Mottley (p. 289). 

1738. George Berford and William Langford. 
1753. George Simpson (p. 128) and Henry Brown. 
1757. Thomas Ashworth and Bryan Newman. 

'? ' } Samuel Thomas and Hugh Castles. 
1759. S 

1764. John Johnston and Raymond Portavine (p. 134). 

1766. Jonathan Calbeck and Henry King (p. 423). 

* " July ye 13th, 1714, John Hopkins and Abraham Mallet were 
swore Churchwardens \ Owen Guineas and Laurence Castles, Sides- 
men." — Parish Register. 



484 APPENDIX III. 



1767. George Gold and William Robinson. 

1773. Benjamin Lee (p. 274) and William Paine (p. 298). 

1774. Thomas Ashworth and Richard Cranfield (p. 186). 

1 _ ' > John La Touche and John Morgan. 

1777. Thomas Whitestone and Benjamin Luffingham. 

1778 ) 

1 _ * > George Simpson and Jeremiah D'Olier (p. 135). 

1782. Benjamin Luffingham and Arthur Buckton. 

1783. Samuel Watson and Humphrey Worthington (p. 347). 

1784. George Grace and John Spencer. 

1785. Sir William Fortick and Christopher Booker. 

1787. Samuel Robinson (p. 276) and Robert Roe (p. 344). 

1788. Peter Roe and Richard Thwaites. 

1789. Luke White* and Thomas Ashford. 

1790. William M'Cowan and Thomas Truelock. 

1791. George Cowan and George Sail. 

1792. James Ormsby (p. 285) and John Crosthwaite (p. 302). 

1793. John Crosthwaite and Edward Jenkins. 

1794. William Digges La Touche and Edward Jenkins. 

1797. William Langford and Robert Hague (? Haig). 

1798. William Langford and John Quin. 

1799. George Heppenstall (pp. 87, 473) and John Quin. 

1800. John Boyce and William Roberts (p. 131). 

1801. John Boyd and William Roberts. 

1802. William Roberts and William Sparrow (p. 156). 

1803. William Sparrow and John Quin (p. 432). 

1805. John Quin and John Kearns. 

1806. John Quin and Michael Edward Stafford. 

1807. James Quin and John Kearns. 

1808. Michael Edward Stafford and John Quin. 

1809. Michael Edward Stafford and James Wright. 

1810. Michael Edward Stafford and Alexander Craig, 

1811. Alexander Craig and William Bower. 

* The father of several sons (the fourth of whom was created Baron 
Annaly in 1 863 ), and the founder of his family. 



ANNALS. 485 



1812. William Bower and John Duffy (pp. 193, 457). 

1813. William Bower and Major John Allen. 

1814. Major Hans Hamilton and William Thomas. 

1815. William Thomas and William Collier. 

1817* I william Tn omas and William Blood. 

1818 1 

1819 4 William Bower and Thomas Daly. 

1820. Thomas Daly and Thomas Dawson. 

1821. Thomas Dawson and William M'Caskey. 

1822. William M'Caskey and Francis Jackson. 

1823. William M'Caskey and Francis Thomas Russell. 

1824. Thomas Dawson and Abraham Mason (p. 136). 

[For the names of the churchwardens from 1825 to 1859, 
inclusive, see pp. 103, 104.] 

1860. William Forde and Alexander Sanson. 

1861. William Jameson and Frederick John Eagar. 

1862. Capt. Arthur P. Graves and Joseph Owen Wright. 

1863. Capt. Frederick Jas. Isacke and George H. Askins. 

1864. John Andrews and Capt. Frederick J. Isacke. 

1865. John H. Chapman, M.D., and Chas. Leslie Perrott. 

1866. Frederick Wm. Trevor (p. 306) and Chas. G. Stanuell. 

1867. Charles G. Stanuell and William V. R. Ruckley. 

1868. Capt. Frederick J. Isacke and Charles L. Perrott. 

1869. Capt. Frederick J. Isacke and John Brereton. 

1870. Capt. Frederick J. Isacke and Charles L. Perrott. 

1871. Capt. Frederick J. Isacke and John Casey. 

1872. John Casey and John Brereton. 

1873. John Casey and Charles L. Perrott. 



486 APPENDIX III. 



POSTSCRIPT. 



Fourteen years have elapsed since the publication of the 
first Part of these "Brief Sketches"! The writer has at 
length, with no small amount of research, brought his work 
to a close ; and before committing the last sheet to the press, 
he gladly takes the opportunity afforded him, of thanking 
his many kind friends for much valuable assistance. Several 
of them appear by name in the foregoing pages, their contri- 
butions, according to the rule he has observed throughout, 
having been duly acknowledged. Their names need not be 
repeated ; but some, for one good reason or another, have not 
been mentioned. Accordingly, if it be not invidious to make 
a distinction, he would specify the Rev. Samuel Hayman, of 
Cork, whose writings relative to Youghal are highly esteemed, 
and the Rev. Christopher McC ready, of Dublin, who medi- 
tates the publication of what will doubtless prove a most 
interesting parochial history. To John H. Samuels, Esq., 
Diocesan Registrar, thanks are due for having kindly per- 
mitted frequent searches amongst the documents committed 
to his charge. And a few words in memory of John Gough 
Nichols, Esq., F.S.A., should not be omitted. He felt and 
expressed a warm interest in the preparation of these pages ; 
with his accustomed kindness, he made some very useful 
suggestions; and the following short extract from one of 
his letters, written during the present year, will not be deemed 
out of place: — "Your work on Booterstown and Donny- 
brook [of which three Parts had appeared] I find wonder- 
fully stored with a vast amount of interesting biographical 
and genealogical information, within a small compass." Mr. 



POSTSCRIPT. 487 



Nichols' recent death will prove a severe loss to antiquarian 
literature, as the Editor of Notes and Queries (4th S. xii. 
401) has truly recorded. 

The four Parts of this work have appeared at considerable 
intervals of time. This, the writer trusts, will account for 
the manifest want of proper arrangement in some respects ; 
it is likewise mentioned as an excuse for the non-appearance 
of an index, notwithstanding the advice of the late Mr. 
Nichols and other friends. At a future time the matter con- 
tained in these pages may be recast ; it is in contemplation 
to do so without much delay ; and if this can be carried 
into effect, a carefully prepared index — " so desirable an 
aid to the reader '' — will not be forgotten. Meanwhile the 
table of contents, which is now supplied, may in some degree 
make up for the deficiency. 

It i3 satisfactory to be able to state that Richard Caulfield, 
Esq., LL.D., of Cork, and the Rev. William H. Bradshaw, of 
Enniskillen (now Rector of Kilskeery), have issued publica- 
tions of a somewhat similar character, based on the plan of 
these " Brief Sketches." To stimulate others in topogra- 
phical studies, was one of the objects the writer had in view. 

" I am sensible," wrote the Rev. White Kennett (subse- 
quently Bishop of Peterborough), in 1695, in his " Parochial 
Antiquities" (edited by the Rev. Dr. Bandinel, Oxford, 1818, 
2 vols 4to.), " there be some who slight and despise this sort 
of learning, and represent it to be a dry, barren, monkish 
study. I leave such to their dear enjoyments of ignorance 
and ease. ... I wish the excellent parts of many other 
writers were not spent upon more frivolous arguments, 
where by subtleties, and cavils, and controverting quibbles, 
they serve only to weaken Christianity, and (what other- 
wise were pardonable) to expose one another." And the 
same learned writer, in dedicating his work to Sir William 
Glynne, Bart, has remarked : " As to the performance, I 
am under no concern to vindicate it from the slights and 



488 APPENDIX III. 



ridicules that may be cast upon it by idle witty people, who 
think all history to be scraps, and all antiquity to be rust 
and rubbish. I say this only, next to the immediate dis- 
charge of my holy office, I know not how in any course of 
studies I could have better served my patron, my people, and 
my successors, than by preserving the memories of this 
parish and the adjacent parts, which before lay remote from 
common notice, and in few years had been buried in un- 
searchable oblivion. If the present age be too much 
immersed in cares or pleasures, to take any relish, or to make 
any use of these discoveries, I then appeal to posterity ; for 
I believe the times will come, when persons of better inclina- 
tion will arise, who will be glad to find any collection of 
this nature ; and will be ready to supply the defects, and 
carry on the continuation of it. . . . And I have the 
vanity to hope, that some of those who shall succeed in the 
benefice I now enjoy, will be glad to recollect, that they had 
a certain predecessor, who seemed to have some zeal for the 
good estate of his church and parish — who was at some 
charge and pains to search into histories and records, upon 
no other motive but the love of his parochial charge, and 
the benefit of posterity." With the shelter thus afforded by 
Bishop Kennett, whom he has endeavoured in an humble 
way to imitate, the writer of the present work feels perfectly 
secure. 

Rokeby, Blackrock, Dublin, 
December, 1873. 



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* BRIEF SKETCHES OF THE PARISHES OF 
BOOTERSTOWN & DONNYBROOK,"* 



ETC. 



[The following extracts from a large number of literary no- 
tices, which have appeared from time to time in different parts 
of the kingdom, faithfully represent the sentiments of the re- 
spective writers. Extracts are indeed open to objection; 
but to give the notices in extenso would fill a good-sized 
volume. Other notices appeared (e.g. in the Carlow Post, 
31st August, 1861), which, not having been received, cannot 
be inserted. More than enough, however, will be found to 
prove the interest felt in a work of the kind by many intelli- 
gent readers, and the strongly expressed desire to have similar 
publications for other localities.] 



PAET I. 



" A carefully compiled volume, relating briefly the annals of the 
Fair-renowned Donnybrook." — Notes and Queries, 28th January, 
1860. 

" Mr. Blacker, who is well known to our reader?, as he has often 
been good enough to contribute to our pages, has collected in this lit- 
tle volume a great deal of interesting topographical and antiquarian 
information." — Church of England Magazine, 29th February, 1860. 

" We opened the book now before us without having the remotest 
Idea that it coiild possess any matter of even trifling interest ; but in 
this we were mistaken, for we find that Booterstown and Donnybrook 



* Dublin; George Herbert, 117, Grafton- street. London: Bell and 
Daldy, 186, Fleet-street. Parts I. and II. together, in neat cloth bind- 
ing, 3s. 6d. 



OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. 



are really places possessing a considerable amount of historical and 
local interest." — Literary Gazette, 3rd March, 1860. 

" This little volume is very creditable to its author. . . . The 
information is given in a concise, unpretending form, without any 
verbiage or make-weight. The addition of the annals, or chronological 
table of events, known in connexion with these parishes, greatly in- 
creases the value of the volume, and is an excellent example for other 
parochial historians. Such a table enables the student of history at 
once to pick out any facts of importance to him." — Gentleman's Maga- 
zine, April, 1 860. 

" The histories of the principal churches in the localities, and bio- 
graphies of the clergymen who have been, from time to time, connected 
with them, will be read with interest by the members of their respec- 
tive congregations. The volume displays much research, and abounds 
with novel and very curious facts. The notes will please the antiqua- 
rian, and delight that epicure of intelligence, ' the oldest inhabitant,' 
by the quaintness of some of the paragraphs, and the curious memo- 
rabilia to be found in the appendix." — Saunders's News- Letter, 
J 8th January, 18 SO. 

" They display considerable research, and a clear and entertaining 
style, and prove that the writer is capable of more important efforts." 
— Warder, 21st January, 1860. 

" Contains a great amount of information of a local nature within a 
small compass, and to those especially who reside in the districts de- 
scribed, will be most acceptable. The frontispiece is a well-executed 
representation of Booterstown Church." — Christian Examiner, Fe- 
bruary, 1860. 

"The work displays considerable research; and in the numerous 
notes will be found some curious and interesting matter, chronological, 
historical, and biographical." — Daily Express, 2nd February, I860. 

" The sketches are very descriptive, and compress a large amount of 
historic matter into a small compass. The notes are instructive, and 
introduce many of the great lights of our Church. The annals are 
carefully compiled, and lead us over a long space of time. In short, 
the volume is one of the most instructive we have seen for a long 
time ; and we recommend it con amore." — Armagh Guardian, 7th 
February, I860. 

'* This neat duodecimo will be found acceptable to the ecclesiologist 
and antiquarian, and indeed to all who may be connected by residence 
or otherwise with the parishes mentioned in the title. Many a note- 
worthy fact has been lost to the world for want of the recording pen of 
the chronicler or historian, — car ent quia vate s aero ; but Mr. Blacker 
has rescued the memorabilia of these parishes from oblivion, as far as in 
him lies, and with praiseworthy diligence has compiled an interesting 
volume. It were much to be desired that he would extend his re- 
searches to the more ancient and remarkable city churches, not, how- 
ever, suppressing his authorities and sources of information, .... 
but verifying, as in the present volume, every statement by distinct re- 
ferences. The venerable churches of St. Audoen's and St. Michan's, 
Dublin, would themselves supply materials for a volume, which would 
be acceptable in a patriotic as well as in an ecclesiastical point of view. 
Mason's History of St. Patrick's Cathedral shews what an earnest 
scholar can do in this line of writing. Let us, then, look forward to 



" BRIEF SKETCHES." Hi 



having sketches of some of the more ancient city churches from Mr. 
Blocker's pen." — Irish Ecclesiastical G a zette, February, 1860. 

" In the Ordnance Survey Memoir of the parish of Templemore, 
county Derry, the natural history of the district is illustrated as fully 
as the topography and archaeology. If we may judge from that speci- 
men of the projected memoir which was to accompany the Ordnance 
Survey, and for which ample materials were collected under the ablest 
guidance, our literature has sustained an irreparable loss by the aban- 
donment of that great national undertaking. ' Brief Sketches,' 6uch as 
those by Mr. Blacker, are a very inadequate substitute for the complete 
parochial histories which would have been supplied in the Ordnance 
Memoir, yet we should be glad to have them for every parish in the 
island, if they were but to serve as incentives to the researches of those 
who may hereafter engage in the compilation of Irish local histories. 
This elegantly printed little volume is at least evidence that its author 
has been better employed than many. ... He has not indulged in 
vivid descriptions of the fun and frolic of Donnybrook Fair, but, with 
other rightly disposed persons, regards it as having been rather a scene 
of riotous drunkenness and dissipation. . . . Should his work reach 
another edition, we trust that Mr. Blacker will take the opportunity of 
rendering it more complete. . . . His industry and extensive ac- 
quaintance with authentic sources of information qualify him to pro- 
duce a work that would be a really valuable addition to our topographi- 
cal literature." — Freeman's Journal, and Evening Freeman, 21st 
February, 1860. 

" It presents the reader with short sketches of the four churches in 
the parishes of Booterstown and Donnybrook, in the immediate neigh- 
bourhood of Dublin. The architecture of the several churches is de- 
scribed, and a number of interesting historical, antiquarian, and other 
memoranda are supplied respecting the two parishes, which are enlarged 
in the appendix. Records of a similar kind, of the different parishes 
in Ireland, would constitute a valuable and important national work, 
and materials for such might be collected without much trouble by the 
respective incumbents." — Londonderry Guardian, 28th February, 
1861. 

" We are grateful to the writer for having given us glimpses of the 
past which are both suggestive and curious. Thousands who walk 
through the now dilapidated village of Ringsend. for instance, know 
not from whence its oddly sounding name originates ; and still fewer 
are aware that it was here Oliver Cromwell landed. ... A great 
number of ' celebrities ' have lived and died within the area which the 
author covers, and a vast deal of interest attaches to their lives and 
doings, about which we should like to learn something more in detail 
than the scope of Mr. Blacker's present work permitted him to give. 
No doubt, to effect all this would entail a onsiderable amount of 
trouble, but we think that the profit would be coiamensurate ; and from 
the performance before us, we are satisfied that the task could not be 
committed to an}' one more competent to do it justice. In the meantime 
we have great reason to be thankful for what we have got, and we 
heartily thank the author for giving ua so many interesting particulars 
in so short a space, and in so elegant a form." — Dublin Evening Mail, 
12th March, I860. 

" Is well calculated to repay a perusal to those fond of ecclesiastical 
lore. . . . "We heartily wish that others would follow the author 



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in giving to their parishioners the annals of their parish." — Leinster 
Express, 17th March, 1860. 

** Would that the incumbents of all the suburban parishes were 
actuated by the same truly laudable zeal in research after the beauti- 
ful in art, and the venerable in antiquity, as is the author of the 
work before us. Were it so, much that is now veiled to the public 
eye would be brought to light ; our ancient relics would have a hand, 
however feeble, raised to save them from destruction j the historic 
memories of our suburbs — and which of them has not some of peculiar 
interest ? — would become popularly familiarized, not as they are at 
present, clouded in obscurity alone penetrable by the savans ; and 
localities now disregarded, because forsooth they are not embraced in 
the circle of the fashionable lounge , would have their claims for appre- 
ciation fully and fairly set forth. The chronological tables of the events 
known in connection with the parishes treated of iraterially enhance 
the value of this book, and afford an excellent example for parochial 
historians. The animus of the author demands respect, and he has 
ably fulfilled his mission." — Dublin Builder, May, 1860. 

" These sketches are not only brief but interesting, and will be 
read as valuable contributions to local history by every one connected 
with the locality they describe. The substance of them had appeared 
in the Christian Examiner ; but the writer did well to put them into 

a complete and more enduring form The plan of the 

work might, with great advantage, be adopted by the incumbents of 
other parishes." — Belfast News- Letter, 13th June, 1860. 

4 * It must be borne in mind that Mr. Blacker's book is not devoted 
to the history of an obscure locality ; but that it describes fully and 
eruditely two of the pleasantest, longest known, and most favourite 
points of resort in the vicinity of Dublin. He concludes his very in- 
teresting narrative — sprinkled with many rare transcriptions from 
unpublished sources — with some valuable annals of the parishes of 
Booterstown and Donnybrook, arranged in chronological order, to the 
latest date, from a.m. 2820, when the great Judaine plague carried off 
in one week nine thousand persons on the plain of Moynealta, includ- 
ing the Blackrock-strand." — Weekly Agricultural Review^ 6th July, 
1860. 

" This is a much more interesting volume than any would be led to 
suspect from its unpretending title. The idea of the work is a happy 
one, and the plan original, and has that true test of originality— viz,, 
it is so obvious, that when made known, one only wonders it had not 
occurred to his own mind. It is simply a record of the principal 
events and characters connected with Mr. Blacker's own locality. 
This, at first, might be thought rather a barren and unpromising sub- 
ject to write a book upon ; but the execution evinces the powerful 
interest which always attaches to a detail of the facts and incidents of 
real life, and how a statement of actual occurrences may exceed in in- 
terest the most lively work of fiction or romance. No one would ima- 
gine that a comparatively obscure locality could have such historical 
recollections associated with it. The interest felt in the perusal of the 
work is not restricted to Ireland. The book possesses much to interest 
the English mind ; and we should be delighted to see it in the hands 
of, and read by, our English neighbours. Ireland is too often, alas I 
connected in their minds with scenes of turbulence and misrule. We 
should like to bring our English friends acquainted with scenes and 



events of a widely different character — with scenes of domestic peace 
and happiness — with proofs of Ireland's worth — with specimens of her 
fine characters, and of her noble and generous deeds — with what, in 
short, will win for her the admiration and regard of England. What- 
ever tends to cement a good and friendly feeling between the two coun- 
tries, should be hailed as one of the greatest blessings which the true 
patriot could desire. "We admire this work of Mr. Blacker for this 
reason, amongst others, because we think its tendency is decidedly to 
produce and foster a good and friendly feeling between England and 
Ireland." — Christian Examiner [second notice], August, I860, 



PART II 



" In noticing the first part of the work, we remarked that we opened 
it without an idea that it would interest us, and that we came to a 
different conclusion before we had done. Of course, we entered upon a 
perusal of the second part with a different expectation, and were not 
disappointed. The author has added greatly to his store of information, 
and has introduced it in so popular a form, that we do not hesitate to 
recommend his cheap and modest volume to Irish tourists, in the com- 
ing summer, as a useful topographical guide. They will find in it 
many things embalmed in a succinct form, which even the oldest in- 
habitant would make a bungle of, and many traits, habits, and inci- 
dents preserved, which will form a strong and strange contrast to thosa 

which they meet with in the present day On the whole, 

Mr. Blacker deserves great praise, both for the value of his materials 
and the clearness of his style. His book is an evidence of the truth of 
Wharton's dictum, that if clergymen would take the trouble to collect 
the topographical history of the parishes they are connected with, a 
great assistance would be given to antiquaries, and a vast deal of im- 
portant material would be always ready to the hand of the general his- 
torian, the want of which he must deeply feel." — Literary Gazette, 
2nd March, 1861. 

" We noticed the first part of this little work when it appeared some 
time ago. In both parts there is a great deal of very curious informa- 
tion. Our readers will recollect that we have often been indebted to 
Mr. Blacker for his valuable contributions to these pages." — Church of 
England Magazine, SQth April, 1S61. 

" A painstaking collection of facts, historical and biographical, re- 
specting the writer's parish [and that of Donnybrook] : a stone in the 
edifice of the larger county history, a few grains of wheat to be sifted, 
and transformed into bread, by the future historian. It is a kind of 
work which, at his leisure, the parish clergyman, and commonly he 
only, can well do." — Guardian, 22nd May, 1861. 

44 The work contains some curious and interesting matter, and does 
great credit to the diligence and research of its author." — Spectator, 
15th June, 18 

44 Thi3 work was highly spoken of by the Chairman and other 



VI OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. 



Members present at the Meeting." — Transactions of the Kilkenny 
Archcpologicat Society, 3rd April, 1861. 

" The reader [of * A Stroll over Donnybrook Fair-Green *] is re- 
ferred to 'Brief Sketches of Booterstown and Donnybrook,' by the 
Rev. B. H. Blacker, for nearly every piece of information concerning 
the annals and statistics of Donnybrook, that could be procured, or 
references to the books in which they are preserved. His very valu- 
able little work is full of curious and out of- the- way bits of informa- 
tion connected with the old families of Dublin and its suburbs since the 
days of Meyler Fitzhenry, John's locum- tenens."— DwWi'ra University 
Magazine, October, 1861. 

" Not many months since we brought under the notice of our readers 
Mr. Blacker's ' Brief Sketches of the Parishes of Booterstown and 
Donnybrook ;' and we then expressed our warm approval of his 
volume, being of opinion that it contained within a small compass a 
large amount of useful and interesting information. We are very glad 
indeed to find that the author, whose book has been • much more 
favourably received than he had reason to expect,' has not rested satis- 
fied, as others perhaps would have done, with making merely a single 
effort to rescue the memorabilia of Booterstown and Donnybrook from 
oblivion. He has followed up his researches with diligence and expe- 
dition ; and we now have the pleasure of introducing another equally, 
if not more interesting portion of what is of far too rare occurrence — an 

Irish parochial history In the Notes (which, as in the 

preceding part, furnish no small amount of historical, topographical, 
and biographical matter) we find, in the first instance, a tolerably long 
sketch of the noble family of Fitzwilliam of Merrion, which was for 
centuries so very closely connected with the two parishes described, and 
which is now worthily represented by the Right Hon. Lord Herbert of 
Lea, the proprietor of 'the Fitzwilliam Estate.' Four or five pages are 
filled with particulars (so far as relates to these parishes) of the ' Survey 
of the Half- Barony of Rathdown, in the County of Dublin, [made] by 
order of Charles Fleetwood, Lord Deputy, October 4th, 1654,' which 
will amply repay the reader for his trouble. There is an interesting 
article on the derivation of ' Donnybrook.' by the Rev. Dr. Todd, 
S.F.T.C.D., and President of the Royal Irish Academy. Amongst the 
many additional particulars given relative to Donnybrook Fair — the 
Bartholomew of Ireland — there is an exact reprint of King John's 
Letter of the year 1204, which is preserved in the Tower of London ; 
Andrew Yarranton's Survey of Ringsend in 1G74 is fully noticed ; the 
building of the Royal Chapel of St. Matthew, Ringsend, and * the estab- 
lishing a minister ' there, have met with due attention ; and (not to 
anticipate all the items of intelligence which the reader will discover 
for himself when he consults the volume) we may observe, that, with 
much more to engage our notice, we have carefully-taken copies of in- 
scriptions on the tomb-stones of many persons who were more or less 
distinguished in their day, and who were buried in the churchyard of 
either Donnybrook or Ringsend. The great value of inscriptions on 
tomb-stones, which, as daily experience testifies, are in various ways so 
liable to destruction, can indeed be properly estimated only by those 
who have had occasion, for legil or other necessary purposes, to consult 
them. An important point often turns on an inscription ; and hence, 
if for no other reason, the propriety of preserving such things in print, 
notwithstanding the absurdity of the phraseology in which they are too 
frequently conveyed. In fact, though the general purport of innume- 
rable inscriptions, in churchyards and elsewhere, may well warrant the 



BRIEF SKETCHES. Vll 



old adage, * false as monumental brass/ yet the knowledge of a name or 
a date, not otherwise attainable, is in very many cases by no means to 
be despised. .... With the Annals, which comprise in chrono- 
logical order a large stock of « disjecta membra variorum,' we are well 
pleased. .... If space permitted, we might with no little advan- 
tage make many further extracts, ecclesiastical and civil ; but we have 
given enough, we think, to prove our estimate of Mr. Blacker's latest 
publication, which is, moreover, a very creditable specimen of Dublin 
typography. Those who are willing to search it for themselves (and 
we recommend our readers to do so\ will find much to instruct and 
amuse them ; and while we thank the author for what he has written, 
we hope he will steadily pursue what has been so well begun, and glean 
many more particulars from tbe generally neglected records of the past. 
The object of the book is well defined in four quaint lines by Thomas 
Churchyard, which he has adopted as his motto ; — 

* All only for to publish plaine, 
Tyme past, tyme present both $ 
That tyme to come, may well retaine, 
Of each good tyme the troth :' 

and right well has he so far fulfilled his undertaking. There is one 
other point which we cannot omit to notice; and we think it better to 
make use of the author's words than to give our own ; — ' The Editor of 
Notes and Queries, 2nd S. ix. 316, has well observed of Sir James Emer- 
son Tennent's work on Ceylon, that the author is scrupulously careful 
in giving his authorities. This is a most important feature in a book, 
not always attended to ; and the writer of these pages has endeavoured, 
in an humble way, to merit the same commendation. 1 " — Christian 
Examiner, March, 1861. 

44 When the first part reached us, we were just ; fied and pleased in 
according to it a favourable notice. The sequel now before us is 
equally entitled to commendation, and the 4 painstaking compiler,' 
as the author modestly terms himself, will doubtless reap both the 
honourable and the substantial benefit so justly due to his devotion 
to ecclesiological and archaeological research. A lithographed copy of 
Yarranton's Survey of Ringsend in 1674 is appended, and is charac- 
teristic of the eminence (?) at' ained in engineering draughtsmanship 
at that early period."— Dublin Builder, 1st March, 1861. 

44 An Irish aspirant to literary notice, little known in his own day, 
and entirely unknown in ours, perpetrated a work, gave it for title 
4 Fictions of our Forefathers,' and ventured to send a presentation-copy 
to a gentleman who had wrought earnestly and efficiently in the mine 
of national literature. He thanked the humble donor, but said he re- 
garded the notion of our having forefathers at all as «. pure fiction. 
4 Had there ever been any,' said he, ' we, their grandsons, would take 
more interest in their sayings and doings.' Assuming this opinion to 
come pretty near the truth, we give our author a larger portion of our 
esteem and gratitude for having devoted so much of his time to pre- 
serve the memory of the passed-away personages and transactions of 
the localities with which he is connected. Books on local subjects are 
seldom valued as they deserve till long after the pen has dropped from 
the author's hand ; and at any time they are appreciated only by a 
comparatively small section of readers. Let, then, this select body 
suppose themselves sitting on the Dodder bank, a.d. 2000, in the full 
possession of human faculties, and with a tall copy of the present volume 
in their hands. Let them only realise this position, and we give them 



V1U OPINIONS OF THE PEESS. 



full permission to think of the book and its compiler even as they will. 
. . . . We conclude by exhorting both clergymen and other's, with 
means and opportunity, to imitate the Incumbent of Booterstown in his 
labours, and in the tone of his production, in which there is not a 
single sentence to offend a reader, no matter what may be his predilec- 
tions."— Warder, 9th March, 1861. 

" If it be true that no man is a prophet in his own country, equally 
true is it that those who are resident on a particular spot of earth are 
very often those most ignorant of the topographical details connected 
with it — at least, until they chance to meet with one, who, like the 
author before us, undertakes to enlighten them, with infinite pains and 
labour to himself. .... On reading his work, we regretted 
that so painstaking and trustworthy a student had not extended his 
researches, and travelled on through Blackrock, Dunleary (now Kings- 
town), Bullock, Dalkey, and so on, to Bray. What a world of anti- 
quarian gossip would be found by the traveller over that untrodden 
ground! .... Our want of information on these and many 
other points makes us regret that Mr. Blacker has not taken them in 
hand, as from what he has done for Booterstown and Donnybrook, it 
is certain that topography would have an additional right to be grateful 
to him, if he had. In truth, he has exhausted, or nearly so, these 
parishes of topographical material; and this being the case, we would 
suggest to him that there is an inviting field in his immediate neigh- 
bourhood for extending his research." — Weekly Agricultural Review, 
9th March, 1861. 

"The work which Mr. Blacker has so well performed for these 
parishes, we ardently desire to see done by every well-read minister 

throughout the country The present brochure forms the 

second part of the author's work ,* it is composed, principally, of notes 
explanatory. These contain a great deal of highly interesting infor- 
mation concerning the state of society and history of Dublin and its 

neighbourhood Our readers will observe that the work is 

one of interest." — Irishman, 9th March, 1861. 

4t When the first part of these sketches appeared, we took the oppor- 
tunity of commending it to our readers, as a very successful attempt to 
rescue from oblivion the memorabilia of the parishes above-named. 
We are now enabled to state that this second part, or appendix, 
strengthens our favourable impression of the work itself ; not merely as 
an account of interesting particulars respecting these parishes as such, 
but as embodying in the notes and annals a fund of ' folk-lore,' anec- 
dotes, epitaphs, newspaper-cuttings, &c, which marvellously illustrate 
contemporaneous history, and witness to the ability and research of 
the author. Many a musty as well as costly volume, many a parch- 
ment register, many a public document, have been consulted in pro- 
ducing the valuable results before us ; while every statement is verified 
by citing the authorities. Mr. Blacker has shewn what may be done 
by a clergyman in his short intervals of leisure ; and how much may 
be accomplished by one faithful hand, in supplying trustworthy mate- 
rials for the biographer and historian. We perfectly agree with the 
writer in the Gentleman's Magazine (quoted by Mr. Blacker), who 
observes that, » topography would afford great assistance to our anti- 
quaries, if every clergyman was to adopt Mr. Wharton's advice, and 
write the history of his parish.' " — Irish Ecclesiastical Gazette, March, 
1861. 

" Contains much antiquarian and historical information, which ought 



BRIEF SKETCHES. IX 



to be highly prized in the neighbourhood of Dublin. The i notes ' re- 
fer to various matters of local and family history. The * annals ' are 
brought down to 18G0, from an early period." — Londonderry Sentinel^ 
15th March, 1861. 

44 We warmly commended Mr. Blacker's previous attempt to enlighten 
the public regarding the history and antiquities of the district with which 
he is professionally connected^ and we suggested that other parochial 
clergymen might imitate his example with advantage to the community, 
and thus preserve many a valuable relic of family or local history from 
being lost to posterity. In the little volume before us Mr* Blacker has 
added greatly to the amount of information previously published re- 
specting the parishes of Booterstown and Donnybrook, prosecuting his 
researches among the tombs, and, like another 4 Old Mortality,' restoring 
what the corroding tooth of time would speedily efface. He has like- 
wise carried on his investigations among parish registers, ancient sur- 
veys, and other documents not generally accessible, and educed therefrom 
a variety of genealogical and antiquarian intelligence of a useful and 
instructive kind." — Londonderry Guardian, 19th March, 1801. 

*'The biographical notes are very interesting, and give us in a concise 
form records of several distinguished families, compiled from authentic 
sources, and bearing the impress of careful and extensive research. The 
annals contain a large amount of valuable information, showing the 
progress of the district to which they refer. We wish that every clergy- 
man would imitate Mr. Blacker's example, as the parochial statistics 
of Ireland are calculated to throw much light on the general history of 
our country. The book is neatly printed." — Armagh Guardian, 22nd 
March, 1861. 

" Mr. Blacker has set a noble example to other parochial clergymen, 
in having rescued from oblivion so many interesting and valuable de- 
tails connected with the past history of the district." — Western Star % 
30th March, 1861. 

" The second part of this work has just appeared, and if possible, is 
more interesting than the first. It will well repay a perusal, not only 
to those connected with the locality, but to all who are fond of anti- 
quarian lore." — Leinster Express, 30th March, 1861. 

" We agree with Lord Hailes and others, that topography would afford 
great assistance both to historians and antiquaries, if every clergyman 
adopted Mr. Wharton's advice, and wrote the history of his parish. It 
is not always, however, that clergymen can make time, or have the in- 
clination, to undertake the series of toilsome investigations, which are 
not the less troublesome and difficult because they are ' a labour of love ; * 
and just in proportion to the rarity of such efforts are we inclined to 
notice and commend Mr. Blacker's painstaking and clever attempt, in 
the hope that others may follow his praiseworthy example. Having 
succeeded in popularising his subject, he has published a second part, 
and has embodied in it a large mass of additional facts, which greatly 
add to the interest as well as the utility of his book." — Irish Times^ 
1st April, 1861. 

" The author of this small but valuable volume has enjoyed great ad- 
vantages as a topographical inquirer, and has employed them well. 
Formerly he was connected professionally with one of the parishes of 
which he treats, and he now is Incumbent of the other. . . . The 
principal matters of interest are in the notes at the end of the volume ; 
these are very valuable, inasmuch as the writer deals not only with 



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subjects of general and historical importance, but condescends to minute 
details which have a special interest for those conversant with the lo- 
cality, or who desire to become so. . . . Mr. Blacker's account of 
the customs and habits of the citizens of Dublin and its neighbourhood 
are racy and characteristic. . . . The volume, from wbat we have 
said, may be regarded as one full of research and singular details, and 
capable, in the perusal, of combining pleasure with profit. We may 
add that it has been brought out in very good style." — Saunders's 
News- Letter, 2nd April, 1861. 

14 Shows what may be done by steadily pursuing a subject. We have 
no doubt that Mr. Blacker expected, at first, that the whole result of his 
labours would have been contained within the limits of a small pamph- 
let ; they have already produced more than two hundred pages, which 
could have been readily expanded into six hundred, had the author 
any wish to swell the volume. These consist of a mass of information 
in the shape of extracts from annals, deeds, family papers, and records, 
among which there is much to interest all readers, and yet more which 
will prove of value to the antiquarian and the student of history. The 
neighbourhood of Dublin must always have been of importance, and no 
little assistance is afforded to the historian by investigations such as 
these. We should like to see as much done for everv parish around 
the metropolis." — Kilkenny Moderator, 3rd April, 1861. 

44 The interest of this work is of course chiefly local, but the narrative 
refers to many historic names of Ireland, and contains many particulars 
of a history which, if not illustrious, has had its own share of notoriety, 
we mean that of Donny brook. The book appears to be characterised 
by a vast amount of patient research, and much of archaeological learn- 
ing. 1 '— Cork Examiner, 5th April, 1861. 

" An interesting volume, containing a number of curious details, and 
a large amount of information relative to the localities of which it 
treats. . . . It traces the history of those places from an early date 
in an interesting manner, giving a brief account of the different families 
whose residences have been in those neighbourhoods. The number of 
old records which it contains, and the account given of the state of the 
Donnybrook and Stillorgan localities, some eighty years ago, are highly 
interesting. This book belongs to a class of publications whose number we 
would gladly see increased. Local, as an aid to general history, it is in- 
valuable ; and it is only when we possess a sketch such as the one before 
us, of every district in Ireland, that we may expect to be presented with 
a complete and perfect history of this country." — Nation, 6th April, and 
Evening News, 8th April, 1861. 

« 4 In this good work he has set a bright example to all his brother in- 
cumbents, who, generally living on the spot, could, with more ease than 
falls to the lot of any other engaged in archaeological pursuits, compile 
the existing fragments relating to their immediate districts, and whose 
learning and abilities fit them so well for the task; and we trust that 
many others may be induced from the perusal of these ' Brief Sketches * 
to engage in similar researches and compilations, which, if carried out in 
each district or parish, would soon present us with the most perfect and 
interesting history of the past times of Ireland. It must be confessed 
that the work would be a stupendous one, too much so for any single 
individual to engage in ; but when divided amongst the parochial clergy 
of Ireland, the labour would be comparatively light, and the results 
most gratifying." — Farmers' Gazette, 13th April, 1861. 

44 Very interesting to those possessing property or residing in either 
of the above-named parishes." — Northern Standard, 13th April, 1861. 



" BRIEF SKETCHES." XI 



M We hope the result of his researches will be valued as it ought. . 

. . We coincide with the author in one of his quotatious in the 
preface, that great advantages would be gained if every minister was to 
write the history of his parish." — Roscommon Gazette, 13th April, 
1861. 

M This is a rather interesting work. . . . The notes are short, 
but accurate, and form an excellent compendium of many interesting 
events which have occurred in the neighbourhood of Don ny brook. By 
those who are fond of antiquarian discoveries, this book will be read 
with avidity." — Clare Journal, 15th April, 1861. 

" Although a large portion of the contents of this second part of Mr. 
Blacker's 'Sketches ' will be chiefly — if not indeed solely — interesting 
to those residing or connected with the localities of Boot^rstown and 
Donnybrook, we notice scattered through its pages scraps of information 
which will be acceptable to the reading public in general, and which 
may, at some future period, form the groundwork of a far more pre- 
tentious and bulky volume than that in which they now stand before 
us. . . . We hope Mr. Blacker's labours may induce some of his 
brethren in the ministry to turn their attention occasionally into the 
same channel, and thus rescue from oblivi >n records and reminiscences 
connected with their localities, which at present are a sealed book to 
almost the entire community." — Westmeath Guardian, 18th April, 
1861. 

"If other clergymen would take as much trouble in collecting the 
records of their parishes, many extraordinary facts, useful to the historian 
and the moralist, would be brought to light. Mr. Blacker, at all events, 
has done hs part well." — Be'fast News- Letter, 23rd April, 1861. 

" A very interesting, and we will add, a learned work on the history 
of the * Fair-renowned,' the ' immortal Donnybrook,' which in times 
gone bye was considered emblematic of the fun, frolic, and fighting of 
the Irishman in as great a degree as the shamrock is now of his nation- 
ality We recommend a perusal of the various interesting 

sketches the book contains." — Limerik Chronicle, 24th April, 1861. 

■ Mr. Blacker has brought zeal and perseverance to the task of illus- 
trating the annals of the parishes, and has produced from the materials 
collected with so much care, two exceedingly interesting little works, 
which contain a large amount of information, condensed into a small 
space. Much of it is very curious, and must delight the antiquary."— 
Water ford Mail, 24th April, 1861. 

11 Those who have had the good fortune to meet with the first part 
of this very interesting and unpretending work, will gladly welcome the 
additions that are now before us. Mr. Blacker has certainly hit upon 
the plan of making his history useful by appeuding the notes and 
annals, which contain a vast amount of curious and valuable research. 
. . . . It has often occurred to us that clergymen possess peculiar 
facilities for the office of parochial historians. The success which has 
attended Mr. Blacker's efforts in this line will, we trust, encourage them 
to similar efforts ; and we feel that in commending this little work as 
an admirable modtl of what such histories ought to be, we are only 
doing justice to its painstaking and accurate author." — Galway Ex- 
press, 27th April, 1861. 

" We should like to see every parish clergymau in Ireland devoting 
some of his leisure moments to a similar task in his own district. The 
result would be a valuable contribution to our stock of antiquarian 



XU OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. 



lore We can testify that Mr. Blacker has gathered to- 
gether a book which will interest far beyond the area with which it 
professedly deals ; and we trust he will not pause until he has ex- 
hausted his materials." — Downpatrick Recorder ■, 27th April, 1861. 

" While the book now before us must be highly prized by those inti- 
mately acquainted with the locality, and whose legendary lore the 
4 Sketches ' will rectify and prune, people at a distance will read with 
pleasure the Very interesting biographical and chronological facts which 
the author has arranged with so much tact and judgment. One result 
of Mr. Blacker's diligent research will assuredly be this — astonishment, 
on the part of the reader, that so much of real historical matter could 
be gleaned in such a fun-and- frolic-famous quarter of the world, as the 
celebrated, Fair-renowned Donny brook." — Coleraine Chronicle, 27th 
April, 1861. 

11 The continuation of a work of singular local and general interest, 
although the area of its direct application is limited to the two parishes 
named in the title-page. . . . Much curious information is scat- 
tered throughout both parts. 1 ' — King's County Chronicle, 1st May, 
1861. 

** A large amount of information relative to these localities. . . . 
We are of opinion that descriptions of this kind should be written, and 
when published, read by the public. The two localities now delineated, 
from their connection with the metropolis, are well known, and daily 
become more known. Therefore faithful sketches are the more impor- 
tant." — Tyrawly Herald, 2nd May, 1861. 

" We are glad to see Mr. Blacker's book — first, because it is a step in 
the right direction, which we hope will be speedily followed by the in- 
cumbents of other important parishes ; secondly, because a topographical 
and historical companion of this character is indispensable to every 
person who feels the slightest interest in the popular and populous districts 
of Donnybrook, Merrion, Booterstown, and Blackrock. . . An indif* 
ference to local, archaeological, and antiquarian researches is certainly 
not a creditable feature in the national character ; but, for the honour 
of the country, we rather cling to the hope that the author of the work 
before us overrates the extent of that unworthy apathy which, we fear 
it must be confessed, in some degree exists. But the indifference of 
which he speaks is more exceptional than general. ... To the 
success of the first part, the second, now before us, is directly attri- 
butable. We are rejoiced to perceive that Mr. Blacker, whose book has 
been ' much more favourably received than he had reason to expect,' 
has not folded his arms in repose, as many others would have done, and 
hesitated to continue his efforts for the rescue of the memorabilia of 
Booterstown and Donnybrook from oblivion. He has followed up his 
researches with singular vigour, efficiency, and success, and the conse- 
quence is that what may not inapplicably be regarded as the supple- 
ment, greatly exceeds in dimensions the original work. ... It 
abounds with the most out of-the-way and quaint morceaux: facts 
which seemed the undisturbed property of the past have been reverently 
and dexterously rescued from oblivion. More curious and interesting 
matter, chronological, historical, biographical, and moral, we have not 
read." — Daily Express, 3rd May, 1861. 

*' This second part of Mr. Blacker's ' Brief Sketches ' exhibits advan- 
tageously its author's fondness for antiquarian studies. With indefati-. 
gable diligence he has gleaned every scattered particle of information 
relating to Booterstown and Donnybrook that could be found in ancient 



' BRIEF SKETCHES. Xlll 



records, parochial registers, and forgotten pamphlets. The result is a 
very acceptable addition to the topography of the county Dublin. The 
former portion of the book was published early in last year, and was 
noticed in the Freeman's Journal of 21st February, 1860. The second 
part includes a large body of curious particulars relating to local and 
personal history, and besides being a necessary sequel to the former, has 
the advantage of being more comprehensive in its plan. The variety 
of its contents may be inferred when we mention that there is a long 
note on the Fitzwilliam family, numerous sepulchral inscriptions, 
copious annals, and many additions to the history of the famous Fair, 
which is now a thing of the past, but not to be regretted, having long 
survived the period in which it was a scene of either business or inno- 
cent recreation. Still it was to be desired that some record should be 
preserved of that which had come to be considered as characteristically 
national, and this we have in the present work. . . . Altogether 
this second part is much superior to the first, and in its typography is 
equally creditable to the Irish press. 1 ' — Freeman's Journal, and Even' 
ing Freeman, 7th May, 1861. 

11 We have received the second part of this interesting work ; and as 
the contents are so much to our taste, we the more regret not having the 
pleasure of a perusal of the first. . . . All our contemporaries, who 
have noticed the first part, speak of it with uniform praise and com- 
mendation. We cannot entertain a doubt that they have done so in 
any spirit but that of honesty and candour ; and we entirely concur iu 
the observations of the Dublin Builder.' 1 '' — Wexford Independent, 8th 
May, 1861. 

" Exhibits many quaint and interesting phases of the changes through 
which society has passed from a remote period to the present time. Mr. 
Blacker deserves credit for the pains he has taken to rescue from ob- 
livion, and preserve, much that it is really noteworthy. Although an 
unpretending volume, it will be found rich in antiquarian, historical, 
ecclesiological, and biographical research ; and we should like to see the 
author's example followed in many of the other parishes of this 
* Emerald Isle.' "—Fermanagh Mail, 9th May, 1861. 

" No works are more interesting than those which, in an easy, chatty 
style, and interwoven with the peculiar phraseulogy of our ancestors, 
tell us of the doings of the past. This is one of these (a Second Part, 
too), and it indicates without any ostentation an immense amount of 
antiquarian research on the part of its author. Some of the notices 
embodied in it will be found very interesting, and many of them not a 
little suggestive. Mr. Blacker has done good service by a publication, 
which throughout very sufficiently indicates his scholarly attainments 
and gentlemanly feeling." — Newry Herald, and Dundalk and Newry 
Express, 11th May, 1861. 

44 A detailed and most interesting history of the principal persons and 
events connected with these parishes. . . . We hope Mr. Blacker's 
praiseworthy example will find many imitators amongst the Irish 
clergy. There is not a parish in Ireland that would not afford mate- 
rials for a ' Brief Sketch,' if they were sought out as at Booterstown 
and Donnybrook." — Portadown News, 11th May, 1861. 

" This is a brochure of over 200 pages; p-nd taking into considera- 
tion the views of a Protestant clergyman, and the subjects that would 
most naturally interest him, it has evidently been compiled with care, 
and contains a considerable amount of curious information." — Wexford 
People^ 18th May, 1861. 



XIV OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. 



" This second part of the * Brief Sketches ' exhibits the same un- 
wearied and successful research as the first. . . . The entire volume, 
in short, is replete with everything that could interest the antiquary, 
the archasologist, and the lover of the chronicles and records of the 
past, and of the memorials of those who have departed to that bourne 
whence no traveller returns." — Catholic Telegraph, 18th May, 1851. 

** To the future historian of Dublin, as well as to every person who 
takes an interest in the parishes of Booterstown and Donnybrook, these 

sketches will be found invaluable as a source of information 

It is indeed an interesting work." — Drogheda Argus, 18th May, 
1861. 

" As a topographical and historical account of these parishes, a most 
valuable work. . . . We trust that Mr. Blacker will not relinquish 
his labours, chronological, antiquarian, and biographical, until we have 
sketches of Blackrock and Kingstown from his pen, as class-books to 
the present volume." — Newry Examiner, 29th May, 1861. 

"The title of this little work gives some idea of its contents; but 
it is only after careful perusal that its full value can be known or 

appreciated When executed in the kindly, loving spirit 

which characterizes this interesting work, such admirable sketches 
must prove a valuable addition to the literature and history of our 
country." — Kilkenny Journal, 29th May, 1861. 

'* Some very interesting particulars which would have remained 
buried in oblivion, have been faithfully brought to light. In fact, it 
contains a vast amount of information in a small compass ; it will be 
a great boon to those who live in the locality, and we highly recom- 
mend it to the public." — Sligo Journal, 31st May, 1861. 

t4 The book of course to a certain extent is of a local nature ; but 
who that has strolled through the suburbs of Dublin, has not found 
his way to the delightful avenues that intersect the parish of Boo- 
terstown ? Who has not heard and read of Donnybrook? 'Brief 
Sketches' will repay perusal." — Galway Vindicator, 1st June, 1861. 

" Contains a vast amount of information, which will be perused with 

pleasure by the historian and the antiquarian Those Mho 

are anxious to glance at the lives of eminent families during the 
past century, will peruse this work with pleasure, every page of which 
contains something new and interesting in the history of Dublin."— 
Carlow Sentinel, 1st June, 1861. 

" One of the best publications of its kind that has been issued from 
the press for years. It is not merely a history of the parishes of 
Booterstown and Donnybrook ; it is also a genealogical record of fami- 
lies connected with those localities. The humours of Donnybrook 
Fair have been said and sung in every hamlet in Ireland ; but we may 
safely say that few except the antiquarian and student of ancient his- 
tory—and not all of them — are aware of the derivation of the term 
4 Donnybrook,' or the origin of the celebrated Fair, now happily a 

matter of history The foregoing extracts are sufficient to 

prove the character of the work, and no one who loves the lore of olden 
days should be without it. Taking it as a whole, with its inscriptions 
from old tombstones, its anecdotes, and its annals, it will be found an 
agreeable companion for a leisure hour."— Cavan Observer, 8th June, 
1861. 

*' Hypercritics have objected to this and similar publications, that 



BRIEF SKETCHES.' 



they are of merely local interest and importance; but, assuredly (as a 
•writer of the present day has well observed), the same remark would as 
justly apply to Milner's learned 'History of Winchester,' Gilbert's 
* History oi Dublin,' or that charming little volume of the Rev. Gilbert 
White— the ' Natural History of Selborne.' Hardiman's ' History of 
Galway,' Stuart's ' History of Armagh,' M'Skimin's 'History of Car- 
rickfergus,' and such like books, are open to the same frivolous objec- 
tion. Topographical sketches of particular localities are, in truth, of 
immense utility to the general historian, whose researches occupy a 
wider field ; while they possess, besides, an interest peculiar to them- 
selves. And when written, as Mr. Blacker's volume has been, by a 
resident antiquarian who leaves no stoue unturned to ascertain a fact 
or a date, their value is very greatly enhanced. It should also be borne 
in mind, that the volume before us is not devoted, as many may ima- 
gine, to the history of an obscure and unimportant locality ; but that it 
describes, accurately and minutely, the past and present state of some 
of the most agreeable places of resort in the vicinity of the Irish me- 
tropolis." — Neicry Commercial Teltgruph, 11th June, 1861. 

u Exceedingly well brought out, and beyond a doubt will soon become 
a text-book for the curious in such matters." — Rcscommon Weekly 
Messenger, loth June, 1861. 

** In the preface the author says, that in a work of this kind he can- 
not lay claim to any great amount of originality, his aim being to gain 
the credit rather of being a painstaking compiler ; and we can fairly 
congratulate h m upon his success, and upon having completely gamed 
his point. He also informs us that he is scrupulously careful to give 
his authorities, which we perceive is the case." — Clonmel Chronicle, 
19th June, 1861. 

" This is an interesting little volume, in which are detailed the most 
remarkable ancient and modern events that have occurred relative to 
the above parishes, and many interesting particulars of persons who 

have been residents therein It is much to be desired that 

his good example should be followed by other parochial historians, for 
the inhabitants of many districts throughout the country stand much 
in need of similar information."— Meath Herald, 22nd June, 1861. 

" Judging from the portion which now lies before us, we should pro- 
nounce the volume to be an admirable one of its kind If 

each clergyman in Ireland were to write the history of his own parish, 
we are persuaded that many interesting facts now unknown, would be 
brought to light ; many controverted points would be indubitably set- 
tled ; and the stock of our information relating to the past of our 
country would be largely increased." — Leilrim Gazette, 11th July, 

41 In a small space the work presents a mass of most interesting 
notes, historic, archaeologic, anecdotal, and statistical, on these famous 
suburbs of the Irish metropolis." — Bray Gazette, 27th July, 1861. 

" Gives the fullest evidence of care and research The 

family records are carefully compiled, and the annals abound with 
matters of the greatest importance." We do not find anything in the 
work, which comes from the publishing-house of Mr. Herbert of Graf- 
ton-street, to which we would take exception." — Meath People, 3rd 
August, 1861. 

u Deserves the highest commendation, on account of the extraordi- 
nary research displayed by the author, and the very great diligence 



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OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. 



with which he has collected a vast amount of information concerning 
Booterstown and D©nnybrook. .... The appendix is full of 
the most valuable notes, many of them culled, at great expense of time 
and trouble, from various scarce works.'' — Downshire Protestant, 
Sth August, 1861. 

" Bears evidence of industry and ability on the part of its author, 
who has gathered into a small space a large amount of very enter- 
taining matter." — Nenagh Guardian, 14th August, 1861. 

" Very suggestive of what might, and ought to be done for other 
parishes in Ireland, besides Booterstown and Donny brook, for tbe pre- 
servation of much information and many facts, that become lost to 
the succeeding generation, and rapidly fade from popular recollection, 
unless fixed in print by some literary labourer such as the author of 

this book He sticks closely to his text, and collects 

the annals of his parish, and furnishes a record of those events and 

names which make local history The collection of such 

details involves a considerable amount of labour and research. Not 
only has he sought in musty records to collect his faots, but he has 
reverently swept the mould from the time-worn tombs in the parish 

churchyard "We attach the more value to the labours of 

the Rev. Mr. Blacker from the general neglect — in fact, the destruc- 
tiveness which is exercised towards the materials for history, which 
(shall we say it?) is an Irish characteristic. Vandalism, as regards 
our ancient monuments, would appear to be the rule. But for the 
labours of Hardiman, which of us would be able to tell anything of 
the history of Galway ? And such is our gratitude to the historian, that 
the next generation may not be able to tell, who or what Mr. Hardiman 

was A curious illustration of the value of 6uch brief 

sketches of Galway, had we them, as this work supplies of Donny- 
brook, is this moment afforded us, by the difficulty with which the 
Town Board can come at any facts to establish what was the usage as to 
droits."— Galway Press, 19th October, 1861. 



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